'Righteous' in the Bible
"Can a mortal person be more righteous than God? Or can the purity of the valiant exceed that of his maker?'
But the righteous person will hold to his way, and those with clean hands will grow stronger and stronger."
The righteous will see this and rejoice; the innocent will insult him, saying,
whatever he stores up, the righteous will wear, and the innocent will inherit that silver!
These three men stopped responding to Job, because he was claiming to be righteous, in his own opinion.
But then Barachel's son Elihu from Buz, one of Ram's descendants, got really angry. He was furious with Job because he had been declaring himself righteous instead of vindicating God.
Can one who hates justice really govern? And if God is righteous and mighty, can you condemn him?
"Are you saying that it's just for you to claim, "I'm more righteous than God?'
If you are righteous, what will you add to him? What can God receive from your efforts?
He won't stop looking at righteous people; he seats them on thrones with kings forever, and they are exalted.
Indeed would you annul my justice and condemn me, just so you can claim that you're righteous?
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