Sentence examples for stand for righteousness from inspiring English sources

The Response is committed to prayer above politics, to seeing the church moved to stand for righteousness and to pray for God's mercy for America".

As a child nears adulthood, he or she will be faced with the choice to stand for righteousness in the face of adversity, be forced to bend to a fallacious "us versus them" self-preservation model or to practice indifference.

"Martin Luther," the voice said, "stand up for righteousness, stand up for justice, stand up for truth".

Randy Maurer, 61, a member of this evangelical church on the outer edges of Des Moines, said he had spent weeks casting about for a "candidate who stands for righteousness," even flirting with Mr. Gingrich, despite "his baggage".

On a 100-degree day last summer, on Chicago's southernmost edge, Willie Fleming, who goes by J. R. ("It stands for Just Righteousness"), crept up to an abandoned ranch house shrouded in overgrown weeds.

A professor of history in Changsha, who supports the economic reforms and is afraid of cults and popular rebellions, told me: "The more intellectuals hate Mao, the more the poor people like him". Mao's admirers think that he stood for egalitarianism and righteousness, whereas the current elite looks greedy, corrupt and contemptuous of the lower classes.

I was a drum major for righteousness.

News reports of might blows recently struck for righteousness.

His passion for righteousness and good deeds will be remembered.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.