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“For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright” (Psalm 11:7).

“The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness” (Jeremiah 4:2).

“Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD: (Psalm 4:5).

“I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high” (Psalm 7:17).

“For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations” (Psalm 100:5).

“And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness” (Psalm 9:8).

“Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven” (Psalm 85:11).

“And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: Because he hath [APPOINTED A DAY], in the which he will [JUDGE THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS BY THAT MAN WHOM HE HATH ORDAINED]; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead” (Acts 17:30-31).

Jesus made reference to this in speaking about the resurrection: “God saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. God is not the God of the dead, but of the living’” (Matthew 22:32).

“I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?” (John 11:25-27).

“For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man” (John 5:26–27).

“No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day” (John 6:44).

“I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death” (Revelation 1:18).