Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people

Response to comment [from a Christian]: "Whatta ya mean righteousness? There aren't any righteous. Everyone's righteousness is like filthy rags. No one finds favor with God. Everyone needs a special gift from God to be righteous. Isn't that correct?  Please explain Solomon's words."

Our nation will be judged for rejecting God and his law.

Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people [14:34].

I wish this verse were inscribed over the United Nations instead of the verse about beating their swords into plowshares, which will not happen until Christ reigns on this earth. When Christ returns, then they will learn that righteousness does exalt a nation. Today the nations do not believe that righteousness exalts them, but history bears testimony to it. The pathway of history is strewn with the wrecks, the debris, and the ruins of nations that didn’t follow this principle. “Sin is a reproach to any people.”" McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: Poetry (Proverbs) (electronic ed., Vol. 20, p. 131). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. Proverbs 14:34