righteousness vs scandal

righteousness

noun
  • Holiness; conformity of life to the divine law. 

  • The act or conduct of one who is righteous. 

  • The quality or state of being righteous. 

  • A righteous act, or righteous quality. 

  • The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. 

scandal

noun
  • Religious discredit; an act or behaviour which brings a religion into discredit. 

  • Widespread moral outrage, indignation, as over an offence to decency. 

  • Damage to one's reputation. 

  • Defamatory talk; gossip, slander. 

  • Something which hinders acceptance of religious ideas or behaviour; a stumbling-block or offense. 

  • An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved. 

How often have the words righteousness and scandal occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )