One thing that pleases God is His righteousness in a person. His righteousness is His nature of love:.Romans 13:10. Other things...

The Great Infinite One we most often refer to as God wants righteousness:.Isaiah 45:8 "Drop down, you heavens, from above and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open and let them bring forth salvation and let righteousness spring up together. I the LORD have created it.".And, He wants it in all of us.

Isaiah 51:6 ".....my salvation shall be for ever and my (God's, not ours) righteousness shall not be abolished."...

Daniel 12:3 "And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament and they that turn many to righteousness
as the stars for ever and ever."

1Peter 3:12 "For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous and his ears are open unto their prayers......" 

Zephaniah 2:3 ".....seek righteousness, seek meekness......"

Righteousness is a gift (Romans 5:17), a gift of learning about this being called Christ, a gift that it is expected you will use to your benefit by taking it further, that is, learning more:.Isaiah 26:9 "With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness."

1Corinthians 15:34 "Awake to righteousness, and sin not.(meaning); for some have not the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame." Ephesians 4:20,21 ".....learned Christ.('Christ' is something you learn); If so be that you have heard him and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus."

Paul in this scripture in his writing to the church in Corinth, Greece, way back then, is saying to be on the qui vive, so that you never forget (or, never miss the mark; that is, fall off and away from the knowledge of God on this) to realize that you are righteous.

The "new man" can only come about through a belief in righteousness:.Ephesians 4:24 "And that you put on the new man, which after.(or, 'in line with' – in line with God because one understands righteousness).God is created in righteousness and true holiness.".Therefore our reward depends upon this.

One of God's judgments or decisions is for all to learn righteousness. If middle eastern terrorists....continues

God is more than big enough to straighten out any evil in His own way and time. So why does He wait?

Righteousness is something (a gift from God) that one learns once he or she is on the road of spirituality.

Through information gained through our own meditation, prayer, and personal Bible study, and the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we come to understand about Christ.

Most religious people have no real idea of what 'Christ' means. As mentioned, some learn Christ one way, and others differently: Ephesians 4:20,21 "But you have not so learned Christ. If so be that you have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus."

Christ is right there with you when you are engaged in your quiet and alone spiritual time. Young's Literal Translation of Ephesians 4:21 has it:."If so be you did hear him, and in him were taught, as truth is in Jesus.".Paul's example.

It is through a relationship with God that all one's desires for good are realized, with many occurring now in this physical life.

God comes to us, when He is ready. Apart from that, we would never know the real God. Many prompts do occur to all of us during our lives here, but some of us just need more to wake us up.

So, what does He come to us with? He comes to us with the key to it all, the key to all good – His righteousness:.Ephesians 1:19 "And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power."

What's belief? Believe what? That you are indeed righteous. How righteous? That's why this subject! Read it.

Romans 4:17 ".....God, who quickens.(makes alive).the dead and calls those things which be not as though they were." How is that for the Great Infinite One having faith in us? God calls you righteous, and you will soon see why. God knows what He is doing, and with whom. He does not 'play around' with peoples' lives. He has great respect for us.

Isaiah 45:19 "I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth. I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek you me in vain. I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right."

Paul tells us:.2Corinthians 6:14 "Be you not unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion has light with darkness?"

Note that Paul is saying that an unbeliever is one who is unrighteous (it means an 'unrighteous one' is one not yet awakened to the fact that in God, one is then righteous).

One is also unrighteous if he thinks he is. The effect is the same. Paul had to deal with this problem. 

John 15:19 "If you were of the world, the world would love his own. But because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you."
     And how are you not "of the world"?.1Corinthians 12:3

Many good and sincere God fearin' religious folks realizing that sin still exists in their lives, think of themselves from that point of view, thus thinking of themselves, in error, to be unrighteous and thus alienating themselves from God. That is why this subject! 

If righteousness was doing everything right, you would not need God's grace. 

Faith and righteousness are inseparable. That is why it is so very important to understand what righteousness really means. It is not 'doing everything right'. Who of us ever can do so, or ever has consistently done so? Job came close! But who of us ever really has, but He who came here righteous, perfect and holy?....continue?