the righteous verily will be in delight And lo!

Hippolytus of Rome pictures the underworld ( Hades ) as a place where the righteous dead, awaiting in the bosom of Abraham their resurrection, rejoice at their future prospect, while the unrighteous are tormented at the sight of the " lake of unquenchable fire " into which they are destined to be cast.

Ezra is appalled at this proof of sin, and prays to God: " O God of Israel, you are righteous!

Nehemiah sees that the Jewish nobles are oppressing the poor, and forces the cancellation of all debt and mortgages ; while previous governors have been corrupt and oppressive, he has been righteous and just.

The contents are correspondingly varied: a confession of sin and a plea to God not to maintain his anger forever ( ch. 63: 7 – 64: 11 ); a poem on the theme that God has no need of a temple because Heaven is his throne and Earth his footstool ( Isaiah 66: 1 – 2 ); verses setting out conditions for admission to the community ; complaints of sin, incompetence and paganism ; and distinctions between the " righteous " and the " sinners ", foreshadowing the categories used in much later Judaism and early Christianity.

The speeches of Elihu ( who is not mentioned in the prologue ) are claimed to contradict the fundamental opinions expressed by the " friendly accusers " in the central body of the poem, according to which it is impossible that the righteous should suffer, all pain being a punishment for some sin.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints also holds this belief, and holds baptismal services in which righteous people are baptized in behalf of their ancestors who, it is believed, are given the opportunity to accept the ordinance.

The Guru Granth Sahib lays down the foundation of this " righteous path " and various salient points are found.

But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

The Protestants think that Romans, as well as other New Testament epistles, emphasizes that people are saved by their faith and not by their own righteous actions.

This entire phrase means to be a friend and a helper of the righteous, pious people who are on the side of Allah and religion.

In the Qur ' an, it is stated that ( 2: 62 ): " Surely, those who believe, those who are Muslims, Jewish, the Christians, and the Sabians ; anyone who ( 1 ) believes in GOD, and ( 2 ) believes in the Last Day, and ( 3 ) leads a righteous life, will receive their recompense from their Lord.

Abraham protests that it is not just " to slay the righteous with the wicked ," and asks if the whole city can be spared if even ten righteous men are found there.

Judaism understands that the vast majority of people, aside from those who are termed Tzadikim Gemurim ( Hebrew: צדיק, " the righteous "), will succumb to sin in their lives.

Isaac and Jacob are mentioned as being bestowed upon Abraham as gifts of God, who then worshipped God only and were righteous leaders in the way of God:

Like the other Abrahamic religions, Islam teaches the bodily resurrection of the dead, the fulfillment of a divine plan for creation, and the judgement of the soul ; the righteous are rewarded with the pleasures of Jannah ( Heaven ) while the unrighteous are punished in Jahannam ( Hell ).

" ' There existed, long before this time, certain men more ancient than all those who are esteemed philosophers, both righteous and beloved by God, who spoke by the Divine Spirit, and foretold events which would take place, and which are now taking place.

The Book of Mosiah opens with the Nephites ( the descendants of Nephite people and the people of Zarahemla who merged and are now called the Nephites ) living in peace under the rule of righteous King Benjamin in the land of Zarahemla.

The 5 % " righteous teachers " are at constant struggle and war with the 10 % to reach and " free the minds " of the masses of the people.

Furthermore, there are heterodox branches of Esoteric Christianity that practice divination, blessings, or appealing to angels for certain intervention, which they view as perfectly righteous, often supportable by gospel ( for instance, claiming that the old commandment against divination was superseded by Christ's birth, and noting that the Magi used astrology to locate Bethlehem ).

Those who believe and those who are Jews and Christians, and Sabians, whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day and do righteous good deeds shall have their reward with their Lord, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve ... let there be no compulsion in religion "-that all monotheistic religions or people of the book have a chance of salvation, to the most exclusive teaching common amongst Salafis and Wahhabis, and supported by several works of medieval Islamic theology and by traditions ( hadith ) which are considered correct ( sahih ) by Sunni Muslims, for the most part are summed up in Surah 9: 5, 29: " Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them, and besiege them, and lay in wait in every stratagem of war.

But the previous enthusiasm has been shattered ; he no longer thinks much of Napoleon, " so petty did his hero with his paltry vanity and delight in victory appear, compared to that lofty, righteous and kindly sky which he had seen and comprehended.

Remember, O Lord, the God of Spirits and of all Flesh, those whom we have remembered and those whom we have not remembered, men of the true faith, from righteous Abel unto to-day ; do thou thyself give them rest there in the land of the living, in thy kingdom, in the delight of Paradise, in the bosom of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, our holy fathers, from whence pain and sorrow and sighing have fled away, where the light of thy countenance visiteth them and always shineth upon them.

" How great will your glory and happiness be, to be allowed to see God, to be honored with sharing the joy of salvation and eternal light with Christ your Lord and God ... to delight in the joy of immortality in the Kingdom of Heaven with the righteous and God's friends " ~ St. Cyprian

In the 3rd century, Hippolytus of Rome referred to Abraham's bosom as the place in hades where the righteous await judgment day in delight.

Amongst the teachings in the text is the belief that Jesus would come to earth and physically reign as monarch for 1000 years during an age of righteous delight.

On the other side, God placed sorrow, tears, and the souls of righteous martyrs.

While Hubmaier may be considered a moderate pacifist, he clearly stated his beliefs regarding the government's responsibility to defend the righteous, the innocent, and the helpless, in his work, On the Sword.

On the whole, this treatment of the suffering of the righteous man is heavily indebted to Isaiah ; particularly the fourth Suffering Servant song ( Is 52: 13-53: 12 ).

On the other side in the Bosom of Abraham: " You have escaped from the Abyss and Hades, now you will cross over the crossing place ... to all the righteous ones, namely Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Enoch, Elijah and David ".

A line from the poem reads, " Thou liest in Abraham's bosom all the year "-a double meaning, in that to Wordsworth she is righteous and blissful, and also that she " liest " in her father's heart all the time, even when they are apart.

If you know that he ( God ) is just ( righteous ), know that everyone also who does what is just ( righteous ) has been born of him.

The third group is referred to as the 5 % " poor righteous teachers " of the people of the world, who know the truth of the manipulation of the 85 % masses of the people by the 10 %.

* " I know that there is no one so righteous that they have not wronged another, financially or physically, through deed or speech.

Dropping the sword, Cao Cao laughed, " I, too, know Wenyuan ( Zhang Liao's style name ) to be loyal and righteous.

Samuel L. Jackson's character in the 1994 movie Pulp Fiction recites a creed spuriously attributed to Ezekiel 25: 17, beginning, " The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men ," and ending, "... and you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

" And although I know, that there is neither iustice nor truth to be looked for at my adversaries hands, but rather imprisonment and cruel death: yet know my cause to be so good and righteous, and the truth so strong upon my side, that I will by God's grace go and appear before them and to their beards resist their false doings.

Vyasa Maharshi is the guru of all gurus. All prayers today to ones guru are directly reaching Vyasa. Vyasa maharshi has helped everyone to know vedas and puranas and lead life in a righteous way.

" I know, O Lord, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

There are several versions of this story, especially among the Jews of Lithuania, Poland, and Russia, who know and still refer to Potocki as the Ger Tzedek (" righteous proselyte ") of Vilna ( Vilnius ).

Will not the righteous congressman be cheered at the polls if he reminds them to get right with America and if he saves the taxpayer some money by spoiling a few of their schemes??

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.

" When Jesus the Christ, who is the Word and the Bread of Life, comes a second time, the righteous will be raised incorruptible and will be taken in the clouds to meet their Lord.

For the three days that it rests on Earth, righteous souls sit at the head of their body, chanting the Ustavaiti Gathas with joy, while a wicked person sits at the feet of the corpse, wails and recites the Yasna.

In the world to come there shall be neither eating nor drinking, neither trading nor toil, neither hatred nor envy ; but the righteous shall sit with crowns upon their heads, and rejoice in the radiance of the Divine Presence ".

In the epilogue, God condemns Job's friends for their ignorance and lack of understanding while commending Job for his righteous words, commands them to prepare burnt offerings and reassures them that Job will pray for their forgiveness.

The Dharmasastras describe many crimes and their punishments and call for the death penalty in several instances, including murder and righteous warfare.

Following this apocalypse, humans will be bodily resurrected to stand in a grand assembly anxiously awaiting receipt of a scroll detailing their righteous and sinful deeds and with the appropriate divine judgment entered thereto.

A righteous believer will respond correctly, saying that their Lord is Allah, that Muhammad is their prophet and that their religion is Islam.

As had happened previously, the Lord told the king ( who appears to be a spiritual leader as well as a secular leader ) to lead the righteous Nephites out of the land of Nephi, their ancestral home for the previous 400 years, to a new place.

22: 23 God will admit those who believe and work righteous deeds, to Gardens beneath which rivers flow: they shall be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and pearls ; and their garments there will be of silk.

In Matthew, Joseph was identified as " also a disciple of Jesus ;" in Mark he was identified as " a respected member of the council ( Sanhedrin ) who was also himself looking for the Kingdom of God ;" in Luke he was identified as " a member of the council, good and righteous, who did not consent to their purpose or deed, and who was looking for the Kingdom of God '" and in John he was identified as " a disciple of Jesus.

He leads the people to successfully establish a righteous nation, but as Jared and his brother grow old their people desire that they appoint a king to govern in their stead.