Difference between Pious and Self Righteous

PIOUS vs SELF RIGHTEOUS: ADJECTIVE

Devoutly religious
Earnestly compliant in the observance of religion; reverent or devout.
Showing or characterized by religious devotion.
Expressive of or used in religious devotion; devotional.
Done for the benefit of others or with the intention of encouraging good.
Sincere but wishful or far-fetched.
Self-righteous or sanctimonious.
Having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
Of or pertaining to piety; exhibiting piety; reverential; dutiful; religious; devout; godly.
Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by mistaken piety
Professing or exhibiting traditional morality; dutiful.

Religious, holy, righteous, saintly. See religion.
Practised under the pretense of religion or for a good end: as, pious frauds.
Dictated by reverence for God; proceeding from piety: said of things: as, pious awe; pious services; pious sorrow.
Having faith in and reverence for the Supreme Being; actuated by faith in and reverence for God; godly; devout: said of persons.
Having or exhibiting due respect and affection for parents or others to whom respect and affection are due; also, pertaining to or consisting in the duties of respect and affection toward parents or others.

Self righteous, Pietistical, Pharisaic, Holier than thou, God fearing, Devotional, Worshipful, Prayerful, Reverent, Religious, Pharisaical, Godly, Sanctimonious, Pietistic, Devout

Sufficient, Haughty, Cocky, Cavalier, Arrogant, Sanctimonious, Pious, Pietistical, Pietistic, Pharisaical, Pharisaic, Holier than thou

Self righteous, Pietistical, Pharisaic, Holier than thou, God fearing, Devotional, Worshipful, Prayerful, Reverent, Religious, Pharisaical, Godly, Sanctimonious, Pietistic, Devout

Sufficient, Haughty, Cocky, Cavalier, Arrogant, Sanctimonious, Pious, Pietistical, Pietistic, Pharisaical, Pharisaic, Holier than thou

The qadis were usually pious specialists in Islam.
It was miri land of which the State revenues were dedicated to pious uses or the usufruct of which was dedicated to pious foundations.
One IFI targets the moderately pious consumer segment while the other targets the highly pious segment.
Joseph of Arimathea was likely a pious Jewish leader who was acting as a pious Jew in the burial of Christ.
Eventually he comes to the conclusion that what makes pious things pious is the fact that all the gods love it.
Charles was well educated and knew many languages, was just, pious and godfearing, loving the pious and hating evil.
If they were not pious and were embroiled in bad practices how could they seek pious wives?
Mahmood discusses how pious women acquire their identity of being pious by appropriating socially authorized forms of performativity.
We are to be pious, then, as pious as children, but not ignorant.
Baykal went on to say that the prime minister discriminates between pious and non-pious people.

The self righteous frevor they cloak themseves in is amusing as well.
It kinda wearing to be so self righteous all the time.
Their self-righteous 'we are the world' leftoid fanaticism is hilarious.
Although self righteous, he is correct with his assumptions of man.
BUT your first paragraph was extremely pretentious and self righteous.
The hypocritical and self-righteous among us have spoken.
The owner, Rich, is a self righteous weirdo.
You are revealing your ignorance with self-righteous bullcrap to inflate your need for self-aggrandizement.
Nobody addresses his question and WHY he's mistaken about self defense, Instead we see typical self-righteous posturing.
PR addicted anthropocentric self righteous liberals or conservatives genius self.