Focus: A Word for the Righteous

Text: Isa.3:10

"Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him."

"The LORD LOVETH the righteous" (Ps.146:8).

"For the ROD of the wicked shall NOT REST upon the LOT of the righteous" (Ps.125:3).

"The Lord KNOWETH how to deliver the godly out of temptations…" (2Pet.2:9).

"The LORD UPHOLDETH the righteous" (Ps.37:17).

"I have been young, and now am old; yet have I NOT SEEN the righteous FORSAKEN, nor his seed BEGGING bread" (Ps.37:25).

"For the EYES of the Lord are over the righteous, and his EARS are open unto their prayers" (1Pet.3:12).

"The effectual FERVENT PRAYER of a righteous man availeth much" (Jam.5:16).

The LORD "HEARETH the prayer of the righteous" (Prov.15:29).

"The righteous CRY, and the LORD HEARETH and DELIVERETH them out of all their troubles" (Ps.34:17).

"Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD DELIVERETH him out of them all" (Ps.34:19).

It is written that the LORD's "SECRET is with the righteous" (Prov.3:32).

"The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to FAMISH" (Prov.10:3).

"The labour of the righteous tendeth to life" (Prov.10:16).

"The lips of the righteous feed many" (Prov.10:21).

"The desire of the righteous shall be GRANTED" (Prov.10:24).

"The righteous is an everlasting foundation… The HOPE of the righteous shall be gladness… The righteous shall never be REMOVED…" (Prov.10:25,28,30).

"The righteous is DELIVERED out of trouble… The seed of the righteous shall be DELIVERED… The righteous shall FLOURISH as a branch" (Prov.11:8,21,28).

"The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is SAFE" (Prov.18:10).

"The righteous doth SING and REJOICE" (Prov.29:6).

"God is in the generation of the righteous" (Ps.14:5).

"The righteous hath HOPE IN HIS DEATH" (Prov.14:32).

You are the righteous of the Lord. Your righteousness is of the Lord. You have been made righteous by your faith in Christ Jesus.

I say to you now in the name of Jesus Christ that it is well with your soul. Amen.

by Bishop Moses E. Peter