"The Righteous" Pt 2

"With Paul, we absolutely deny the possibility of self merit. God never yet gave to any person grace and everlasting life as a reward for merit...the true way of salvation is this: First, a person must realize that he’s a sinner, the kind of sinner who’s congenitally unable to do any good thing. "Whatsoever is not of faith, is sin." Those who seek to earn the grace of God by their own efforts are trying to please God with sins. They mock God, and provoke His anger. The first step on the way to salvation is to repent." (Martin Luther, Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians)
With those words from Luther reminding us that the life of the righteous is a life of faith, let me give you the remaining verses in Proverbs that speak of the blessings of the righteous.  The righteous are the ones who say with Paul
"I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose."
Galatians 2:20-21 

• Proverbs 13:5  The righteous hates falsehood,...
• Proverbs 13:9   ...The light of the righteous rejoices,
• Proverbs 13:21 … the righteous are rewarded with good.
• Proverbs 13:22   A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.
• Proverbs 13:25  The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite,...
• Proverbs 14:19  The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

• Proverbs 14:32 ...the righteous finds refuge in his death.
  
• Proverbs 15:6 In the house of the righteous there is much treasure,...
• Proverbs 15:28  The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer,...
• Proverbs 15:29  ...The Lord … hears the prayer of the righteous.
• Proverbs 16:13  Righteous lips are the delight of a king, and he loves him who speaks what is right.
• Proverbs 16:31  Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.
• Proverbs 17:15  He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous
  are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
• Proverbs 17:26  To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good,...

• Proverbs 18:5  It is not good to be partial to1 the wicked or to deprive the righteous of justice.
• Proverbs 18:10  The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
• Proverbs 20:7  The righteous who walks in his integrity—blessed are his children after him!
• Proverbs 21:15  When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous...
• Proverbs 21:18  The wicked is a ransom for the righteous,...
• Proverbs 21:26  ...the righteous gives and does not hold back.
• Proverbs 23:24  The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
• Proverbs 24:15  Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous;
  do no violence to his home;
• Proverbs 24:16  for the righteous falls seven times and rises again,...
• Proverbs 25:26  Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
• Proverbs 28:1 ...the righteous are bold as a lion.

• Proverbs 28:12   When the righteous triumph, there is great glory,...
• Proverbs 28:28  When the wicked rise, people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.
• Proverbs 29:2  When the righteous increase, the people rejoice,...
• Proverbs 29:6 ...but a righteous man sings and rejoices.
• Proverbs 29:7  A righteous man knows the rights of the poor;...
• Proverbs 29:16  ...the righteous will look upon their (the wicked) downfall.
• Proverbs 29:27  An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous,...

As we walk through this world we need the light of God's word to guide us and to guard us.  His word must be a lamp unto our feet and a light to our path.  His Spirit  must fill us each day empowering us to walk in His ways, and resist the temptations we are bombarded with every day.  What a contrast between the righteous and the wicked.  "If any man be in Christ he is a new creation old things passed away behold all things new."     
"God never yet gave to any person grace and everlasting life as a reward for merit...the true way of salvation is this: First, a person must realize that he’s a sinner, the kind of sinner who’s congenitally unable to do any good thing." Luther 
God's eyes are upon those who delight in his ways, so fear not.  By faith trust Him, walk with Him, He will never leave you or forsake you.