Definition of Righteous

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Righteous

Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or sin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution.

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Righteous Quotations

All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
Socrates

People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.
Martin Luther

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.
Blaise Pascal

A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

An orgy looks particularly alluring seen through the mists of righteous indignation.
Malcolm Muggeridge

The gods behold all righteous actions.
Ovid

Each heartfelt prayer, each Church meeting attended, each worthy friend, each righteous decision, each act of service perfomed all precede that goal of eternal life.
Thomas S. Monson

It's the most righteous, which of course is not the same thing as the most profitable.
Nikolai Gogol

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.
Horace

I want it understood that all these men fought for principle, not for plunder, and that they were true-hearted, honorable soldiers, fighting for what they esteemed was a righteous cause.
Cole Younger

Righteous Translations

righteous in Afrikaans is regverdig, billik
righteous in Dutch is billijk, rechtvaardig, fair
righteous in Finnish is oikeudenmukainen
righteous in French is moral, juste
righteous in German is rechtschaffen, rechtschaffene
righteous in Italian is dabbene
righteous in Spanish is honrado, virtuoso

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