Righteousness

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But let justice run down like water,
And righteousness like a mighty stream.

Amos 5:24

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Topic

Justice Righteousness

Source

Amos The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Hebrew

Time

750 BC 750s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Amos 5:24).

The superior man understands righteousness; the inferior man understands profit.

Confucius

Quoted in Analects

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Topic

Doing the right thing Righteousness Venality

Speaker

Confucius

Source

Analects

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Chinese

Time

221 BC 220s BC 3rd century BC

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Confucius. 論語 [The Analects]. c. 479 BCE.

Current Citation

Confucius. The Analects, edited and translated by Annping Chin. Penguin Classics, 2014.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.

Jesus

Matthew 5:6

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Topic

Righteousness Beatitudes Sermon on the Mount

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Matthew 5:6).

Whosoever submits his will to God and performs good deeds, has laid hold of the most firm handle, and unto God is the issue of all affairs.

Muhammad

The Quran

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Topic

Submission (Islam) Doing the right thing Righteousness God as judge

Speaker

Muhammad

Source

The Quran

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Arabic

Time

632 630s 7th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

The Quran. c. 630, 31:22.

Current Citation

The Quran, translated by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem. Oxford University Press, 2005, ch. 31.

Wealth and children are the adornment of this present world; but the abiding things, the deed of righteousness, are better with God in reward, and better in hope.

Muhammad

The Quran

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Topic

Doing the right thing Righteousness

Speaker

Muhammad

Source

The Quran

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Arabic

Time

632 630s 7th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

The Quran. c. 630, 18:46.

Current Citation

The Quran, translated by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem. Oxford University Press, 2005, ch. 18.