What does righteousness mean?It means perfect standing or correct placement before God's Throne in Heaven. Nothing on earth is righteous by itself.Only God is truly righteous. The only people who are in right standing or righteous before God are those who have been forgiven their sins and have accepted the free gift of righteousness that has been given by God's grace to all who have been cleansed by the Blood of Jesus shed on the Cross of Calvary. That is the only true path of righteousness for all mankind.