Bible Verses About Being Clothed in Righteousness

"I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness."

"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."

"For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ."

"And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints."

"And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith."

"Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering."

"But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof."

"And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment."

"I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem."

"And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness."

What does the Bible say about clothed in righteousness?

On our own, we stand naked and ashamed before a holy God. But in Christ, we are clothed in His righteousness — not our own. Key King James Version passages include Isaiah 61:10, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Galatians 3:27. This page collects 10 KJV verses about clothed in righteousness, each quoted in full.

What does it mean to be clothed in righteousness?

It means that believers are covered by Christ's perfect righteousness rather than standing before God in their own imperfect efforts. Through faith, God sees us through the lens of Christ's sinless life.

Is our righteousness like filthy rags?

Isaiah 64:6 says our own righteousnesses are as filthy rags. That's why we need Christ's righteousness — a perfect covering that we receive by faith, not by works.