Bible Verses About Righteous Indignation
Bible verses about Righteous Indignation
Discover what the Bible says about righteous indignation.
Each verse has been chosen for its relevance and insight into this important biblical topic.
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But to them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness; indignation and wrath:
I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he shall plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Scripture Passages
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
The fear of the LORD [is] clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD [are] true [and] righteous altogether.
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all [ye that are] upright in heart.
Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: yes, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, who hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
I have been young, and [now] am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels [among them].
To the upright there ariseth light in darkness: [he is] gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
The voice of rejoicing and salvation [is] in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
Thy word [is] true [from] the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments [endureth] for ever.
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands to iniquity.
Let the righteous smite me; [it shall be] a kindness: and let him reprove me; [it shall be] an excellent oil, [which] shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also [shall be] in their calamities.
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall encompass me; for thou wilt deal bountifully with me.
The LORD openeth [the eyes of] the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
As the whirlwind passeth, so [is] the wicked no [more]: but the righteous [is] an everlasting foundation.
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] frowardness.
[Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.
He that saith to the wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
Whoever causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good [things] in possession.
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
But go ye and learn what [that] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward.
For verily I say to you, That many prophets and righteous [men] have desired to see [the things] which ye see, and have not seen [them]; and to hear [the things] which ye hear, and have not heard [them].
Then shall the righteous shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchers of the righteous,
That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel, to the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Then will the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed [thee]? or thirsty, and gave [thee] drink?
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, and said to the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath.
And he spoke this parable to certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
But after thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up to thyself wrath against the day of wrath, and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;