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The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

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  1. adjective Morally upright; without guilt or sin: a righteous parishioner.
  2. adjective In accordance with virtue or morality: a righteous judgment.
  3. adjective Morally justifiable: righteous anger. See Synonyms at moral.
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  • The truth is, however, that although the departure of the righteous is always designated "death," this is only in reference to us. —  Latest Articles
  • The true action of the righteous is affirmed in verse 9 when a person is tempted to refuse a brother help when the seventh year approaches, knowing that the debt will be forgiven without repayment. —  sbcIMPACT life :: theology :: church :: ministry :: missions :: worship
  • On Rosh Hashanah, therefore, the names of the righteous are recorded directly in the book of life and the righteous are thereby sealed to life. —  ABEV: a bird's eye view
  • The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but violence —  Progressive U - The new media voice for students
  • "The memory of the righteous is a blessing" Proverbs 10: 7 "How precious are your thoughts to me, O God" Psalm 139: 17 "from the heart come evil thoughts" Matthew 15: 19, Mark 7: 21 "They became futile in their reasoning" Romans 1: 21 - Aggression low toward self / others [tone of voice] - God spoke to Adam gently in the garden "Adam where are you?" —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
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  1. Middle English ryghtuous, alteration of rihtwise, from Old English rihtwīs : riht, right; see right + -wīse, -wise.

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  1. Early modern English also rightuous, the termination -u-ous, later -e-ous, being a corruption of the second element of the orig. compound (apparently simulating ingenuous, bounteous, plenteous. etc.), the proper form existing in early modern English as rightwise, from Middle English rightwise, rightwis, richtwise, riʒtwis, ryʒtwys, rihtwis, from Anglo-Saxon rihtwīs (cf. Old High German rehtwīsic, Icelandic rēttvīss), righteous, just; heretofore explained as literally ‘wise as to what is right,’ from riht, n., right, + wīs, adjective, wise; but such a construction of ideas would hardly be expressed by a mere compound, and the explanation fails when applied to the opposite adjective *wrangwīs, Middle English wrangwis, wrongwise, wrongwis, modern English wrongous, which cannot well mean ‘wise as to what is wrong’ (though this adjective may have been formed merely on the external model of rihtwīs). The formation is, no doubt, as the cognate Old High German form rehtwīsic, which has an additional adjective suffix, also indicates, from Anglo-Saxon riht, adjective, right, just, + wīse, n., way, manner, wise (reduced to -wīs in comp., as also in Icelandic ödhurvīs = English otherwise; the Icelandic rēttvīss, properly *rēttvīs, simulates vīss = English wise); the compound meaning literally ‘right-way,’ ‘acting in just wise’: see right, adjective, and wise, n.
  2. from Middle English rightwisen, from rightwis, righteous: see righteous, adjective
 

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