NOUN
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failure to adhere to moral principles
forgave us our sins and cleansed us of all unrighteousness
How To Use unrighteousness In A Sentence
- Bringing a child that she and Nelson had created into a world of war, famine, death, and unrighteousness did not sound like something Geneva wished to do.
- Unrighteousness is unto sin; the sinful acts confirm and strengthen the sinful habits; one sin begets another; it is like the letting forth of water, therefore leave it before it be meddled with. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
- I thank you that you forgive and cleanse me of all unrighteousness, and that you restore the joy of my salvation!
- Apocalypse, holiness and filthiness would not be spoken of abstractedly, that is, apart from holy and _filthy_ persons, and in like manner righteousness and unrighteousness would not be mentioned apart from their necessary {117} antecedents, _personal_ righteous and unrighteous _deeds_. An Essay on the Scriptural Doctrine of Immortality
- The one thing that is wrong with this world is its terrible state of unrighteousness.
- Folks, we will reap what we have sown, and we have sown seeds of immorality and unrighteousness and we are reaping the havoc and consequences of our actions.
- Though this mammon of unrighteousness is not to be trusted to for a happiness, yet it may and must be made use of in subserviency to our pursuit of that which is our happiness. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
- What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
- God imputes to Christ, makes over to Christ, lays upon Christ our iniquity and our sin and our unrighteousness and our wickedness.
- If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.