'Righteous Man' in the Bible

He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered greatly today in a dream because of him."

Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God, and said, "Certainly this was a righteous man!"

Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and righteous man,

Why, one will hardly die for a righteous manthough perhaps for a good man one will dare even to die.

Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, "The righteous man shall live by faith."

By faith Abel offered God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his gifts. And through faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

You have condemned and put to death the righteous man; he does not resist you.

Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men

(for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds),