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Psalm 106:31

That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come.

29Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them.
30Then Phinehas stood up and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped.
31That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come.
32They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;
33because they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke rashly with his lips.
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Notice

“Credited to him for righteousness” marks Phinehas’s act of judgment as a lasting exception within this account of rebellion, raising hard questions about what God honors.

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Where else Scripture says this

6 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Genesis 15:6He believed in the LORD, who credited it to him for righteousness.Both passages use “credited to him for righteousness”; Genesis speaks of belief, while the psalm refers to Phinehas’s act of judgment.
Romans 4:3For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”Both speak of righteousness being credited or accounted to someone, though Romans names Abraham’s belief and the psalm recalls Phinehas’s judgment.
Numbers 25:11–13“Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among …Both recount Phinehas’s intervention when God’s wrath threatened Israel, with the plague stopped in the psalm and destruction averted in Numbers.
Numbers 25:13It shall be to him, and to his offspring after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the …Both connect Phinehas’s act with consequences beyond his lifetime: righteousness for generations in the psalm and an everlasting priesthood in Numbers.
Mark 14:3–9While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard—very costly. …The connection is limited: both concern a particular person’s act, though the supplied Mark verse says nothing about righteousness or lasting recognition.
Deuteronomy 24:13You shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment and bless you. It shall be righteousness to you before the …Both describe an act as righteousness before God, though one concerns judgment and the other returning a pledged garment.
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Encouragement

Phinehas’s judgment belongs to this account of Israel’s plague; it grants no permission for personal violence. God’s recognition of his act extends “for all generations to come.”

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).