<P> Righteousness is one of the chief attributes of God as portrayed in the Hebrew Bible . Its chief meaning concerns ethical conduct (for example, Leviticus 19: 36; Deuteronomy 25: 1; Psalm 1: 6; Proverbs 8: 20). In the Book of Job the title character is introduced to us as a person who is perfect in righteousness . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section's use of external links may not follow Wikipedia's policies or guidelines . Please improve this article by removing excessive or inappropriate external links, and converting useful links where appropriate into footnote references . (July 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section's use of external links may not follow Wikipedia's policies or guidelines . Please improve this article by removing excessive or inappropriate external links, and converting useful links where appropriate into footnote references . (July 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The New Testament continues the Hebrew Bible's tradition of the ethical (1 Thessalonians 2: 10) and legal (1 Corinthians 4: 4) aspects of righteousness . William Lane Craig argues that we should think of God as the paradigm, the locus, the source of all righteousness . Matthew's gospel contains the most utterances of the word . In Matthew's account of the baptism encounter Jesus tells the prophet "it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness" as Jesus requests that John perform the rite for him . The Sermon of the Mount contains the memorable commandment "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness". The Greek word dikaiosune also means justice and the sole translation using this rendering for Matthew 6: 33 is the New English Bible . </P>

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