REFERENCE COUNTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS
Genesis 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness . (Abram)
Psalms 106:31 [106:30] Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed. [106:3] And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
Romans 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness .
Romans 4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness .