Does stealing a man's home for the possession of a gift from God make you righteous?
Stealing anything, or even thinking of stealing anything, is not righteous behavior. However, God does endorse the notion of restitution in his model of Godly government:
Exo 22:3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
Exo 22:4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
I'm sure to the thief, having to pay back double, or being sold to repay the debt, SEEMED like theft. But in actuality it was the penalty for transgressing the law of Israel at the time.
Do you think that smoking pot makes one righteous?