A BIBLE "CONTRADICTION" EXPLAINED

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A RIGHTEOUS MAN

Isaiah 65:6 - "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away."
Romans 3:10 - "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one!"
Romans 10:3 - "For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God."

THEN WHY DOES THE BIBLE SAY THERE ARE RIGHTEOUS MEN?  

Psalm 37:16 - "A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked."
Proverbs 10:11 - "The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life:  but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked."
Proverbs 12:10 - "A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast:  but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel."
Proverbs 13:5 - "A righteous man hateth lying:  but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame."
Proverbs 25:26 - "A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring."
Matthew 10:41 - "He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward."
Romans 5:7 - "For scarcely for a righteous man will one die:  yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die."
James 5:16 - "Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."

BECAUSE BY OUR FAITH, GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS BECOMES OURS!

Jeremiah 23:6 - "In His days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely:  and this is His name whereby He shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS."
Jeremiah 51:10 - "The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness:  come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God."
Philippians 3:9 - "And be found in Him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the Law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith!"
Romans 4:3 - "For what saith the Scripture?  Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness."
Galatians 3:6 - "Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."
James 2:23 - "And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God."

HOW CAN A JUST GOD DECLARE SINNERS RIGHTEOUS?

Luke 23:47 - "Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly (Jesus) was a righteous man."
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 - "For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures...."
2 Corinthians 5:21 - "For (God) hath made (Jesus) to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him."