Gen 38:26 Then Judah identified them and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not know her again.

Gen 44:16 And Judah said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how can we clear ourselves? God has found out the guilt of your servants; behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we and he also in whose hand the cup has been found.”
Exo 23:7 Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.
Deu 25:1If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty,
2Sa 15:4 Then Absalom would say, Oh that I were judge in the land! Then every man with a dispute or cause might come to me, and I would give him justice.”
1Ki 8:32 then hear in heaven and act and judge your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

2Ch 6:23 then hear from heaven and act and judge your servants, repaying the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

Job 4:17 ‘Can mortal man be in the right before God?
Can a man be pure before his Maker?
Job 9:2 “Truly I know that it is so:
But how can a man be in the right before God?
Job 9:15 Though I am in the right, I cannot answer him;
I must appeal for mercy to my accuser.
Job 9:20 Though I am in the right, my own mouth would condemn me;
though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.
Job 10:15 If I am guilty, woe to me!
If I am in the right, I cannot lift up my head,
for I am filled with disgrace
and look on my affliction.
Job 11:2 “Should a multitude of words go unanswered,
and a man full of talk be judged right?
Job 13:18 Behold, I have prepared my case;
I know that I shall be in the right.
Job 15:14 What is man, that he can be pure?
Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
Job 22:3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are in the right,
or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?
Job 25:4 How then can man be in the right before God?
How can he who is born of woman be pure?
Job 27:5 Far be it from me to say that you are right;
till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
Job 32:2 Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God.
Job 33:12 Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you,
for God is greater than man.
Job 33:32 If you have any words, answer me;
speak, for I desire to justify you.
Job 34:5 For Job has said, ‘I am in the right,
and God has taken away my right;
Job 35:7 If you are righteous, what do you give to him?
Or what does he receive from your hand?
Job 40:8 Will you even put me in the wrong?
Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?
Psa 19:9 the fear of the Lord is clean,
enduring forever;
the rules of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
Psa 51:4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in your judgment.
Psa 82:3 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;
maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
Psa 143:2 Enter not into judgment with your servant,
for no one living is righteous before you.
Pro 17:15 He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous
are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
Isa 5:23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe,
and deprive the innocent of his right!
Isa 43:9 All the nations gather together,
and the peoples assemble.
Who among them can declare this,
and show us the former things?
Let them bring their witnesses to prove them right,
and let them hear and say, It is true.
Isa 43:26 Put me in remembrance; let us argue together;
set forth your case, that you may be proved right.
Isa 45:25 In the Lord all the offspring of Israel
shall be justified and shall glory.”
Isa 50:8 He who vindicates me is near.
Who will contend with me?
Let us stand up together.
Who is my adversary?
Let him come near to me.
Isa 53:11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant,
make many to be accounted righteous,
and he shall bear their iniquities.

Jer 3:11 And the Lord said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
Eze 16:51 Samaria has not committed half your sins. You have committed more abominations than they, and have made your sisters appear righteous by all the abominations that you have committed.
Eze 16:52 Bear your disgrace, you also, for you have intervened on behalf of your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. So be ashamed, you also, and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.

Dan 8:14 And he said to me, “For 2,300 evenings and mornings. Then the sanctuary shall be restored to its rightful state.”

Dan 12:3 And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
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