1 Timothy 4:4: For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, provided it is received with thanksgiving;
Where do you go when you are searching for goodness or righteousness? Trying to gain good things from bad surroundings is very hard work and may well lead us to accepting bad things instead of seeking the good things!
God has always offered and given righteousness. People have taken that and twisted it to suit their own deeds or desires; taking away from the good God is trying to give us.
Nothing God offers us is rotten - so when we get bad things or go through bad things, it is not God dishing them out, but the world and other people - even if they say it comes from God!