1) justice, rightness, righteousness 1a) what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures) 1b) righteousness (in government) 1b1) of judges, rulers, kings 1b2) of law 1b3) of Davidic king, Messiah 1b4) of Jerusalem as seat of just government 1b5) of God's attribute 1c) righteousness, justice (in case or cause) 1d) rightness (in speech) 1e) righteousness (as ethically right) 1f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity 1f1) of God as covenant-keeping in redemption 1f2) in name of Messianic king 1f3) of people enjoying salvation 1f4) of Cyrus
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H6664 — צֶ֫דֶק
tse.deq · righteousness · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Leviticus 19:15 · בְּצֶ֖דֶק“‘You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.Leviticus 19:36 · צֶ֣דֶק · צֶ֗דֶק · צֶ֛דֶק · צֶ֖דֶקYou shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.Deuteronomy 1:16 · צֶ֔דֶקI commanded your judges at that time, saying, “Hear cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him.Deuteronomy 16:18 · צֶֽדֶק׃You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.Deuteronomy 16:20 · צֶ֥דֶק · צֶ֖דֶקYou shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live, and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you.Deuteronomy 25:15 · וָצֶ֙דֶק֙ · וָצֶ֖דֶקYou shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.Deuteronomy 33:19 · צֶ֑דֶקThey shall call the peoples to the mountain. There they will offer sacrifices of righteousness, for they shall draw out the abundance of the seas, the hidden treasures of the sand.”Job 6:29 · צִדְקִי־Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous.Job 8:3 · צֶֽדֶק׃Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?Job 8:6 · צִדְקֶֽךָ׃If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.Job 29:14 · צֶ֣דֶקI put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.Job 31:6 · צֶ֑דֶק(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);Job 35:2 · צִדְקִ֥י“Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’Job 36:3 · צֶֽדֶק׃I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.Psalm 4:1 · צִדְקִ֗יFor the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm by David. Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.Psalm 4:5 · צֶ֑דֶקOffer the sacrifices of righteousness. Put your trust in Yahweh.Psalm 7:8 · כְּצִדְקִ֖יYahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.Psalm 7:17 · כְּצִדְק֑וֹI will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.Psalm 9:4 · צֶֽדֶק׃For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.Psalm 9:8 · בְּצֶ֑דֶקHe will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.Psalm 15:2 · צֶ֑דֶקHe who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;Psalm 17:1 · צֶ֗דֶקA Prayer by David. Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.Psalm 17:15 · בְּ֭צֶדֶקAs for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.Psalm 18:20 · כְּצִדְקִ֑יYahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.Psalm 18:24 · כְצִדְקִ֑יTherefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.Psalm 23:3 · צֶ֝֗דֶקHe restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.Psalm 35:24 · כְ֭צִדְקְךָVindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.Psalm 35:27 · צִ֫דְקִ֥יLet them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause. Yes, let them say continually, “Yahweh be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”Psalm 35:28 · צִדְקֶ֑ךָMy tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.Psalm 37:6 · צִדְקֶ֑ךָhe will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun.Psalm 40:9 · צֶ֨דֶק׀I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.Psalm 45:4 · צֶ֑דֶקIn your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.Psalm 45:7 · צֶּדֶק֮You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.Psalm 48:10 · צֶ֝֗דֶקAs is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.Psalm 50:6 · צִדְק֑וֹThe heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah.Psalm 51:19 · צֶ֭דֶקThen you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.Psalm 52:3 · צֶ֣דֶקYou love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.Psalm 58:1 · צֶ֭דֶקFor the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David. Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?Psalm 65:5 · בְּצֶ֣דֶקBy awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of our salvation. You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, of those who are far away on the sea;Psalm 72:2 · בְצֶ֑דֶקHe will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.Psalm 85:10 · צֶ֖דֶקMercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.Psalm 85:11 · וְ֝צֶ֗דֶקTruth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven.Psalm 85:13 · צֶ֭דֶקRighteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps.Psalm 89:14 · צֶ֣דֶקRighteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.Psalm 94:15 · צֶ֭דֶקFor judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.Psalm 96:13 · בְּצֶ֑דֶקbefore Yahweh; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.Psalm 97:2 · צֶ֥דֶקClouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.Psalm 97:6 · צִדְק֑וֹThe heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.Psalm 98:9 · בְּצֶ֑דֶקLet them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.Psalm 118:19 · צֶ֑דֶקOpen to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah.Psalm 119:7 · צִדְקֶֽךָ׃I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.Psalm 119:62 · צִדְקֶֽךָ׃At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.Psalm 119:75 · צֶ֣דֶקYahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.Psalm 119:106 · צִדְקֶֽךָ׃I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.Psalm 119:121 · וָצֶ֑דֶקI have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.Psalm 119:123 · צִדְקֶֽךָ׃My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.Psalm 119:138 · צֶ֣דֶקYou have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.Psalm 119:142 · צֶ֣דֶקYour righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.Psalm 119:144 · צֶ֖דֶקYour testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. KUFPsalm 119:160 · צִדְקֶֽךָ׃All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. SIN AND SHINPsalm 119:164 · צִדְקֶֽךָ׃Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.Psalm 119:172 · צֶּֽדֶק׃Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness.Psalm 132:9 · צֶ֑דֶקLet your priest be clothed with righteousness. Let your saints shout for joy!”Proverbs 1:3 · צֶ֥דֶקto receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;Proverbs 2:9 · צֶ֣דֶקThen you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.Proverbs 8:8 · בְּצֶ֥דֶקAll the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.Proverbs 8:15 · צֶֽדֶק׃By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.Proverbs 8:16 · צֶֽדֶק׃By me princes rule; nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth.Proverbs 12:17 · צֶ֑דֶקHe who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.Proverbs 16:13 · צֶ֑דֶקRighteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth.Proverbs 25:5 · בַּצֶּ֣דֶקTake away the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.Proverbs 31:9 · צֶ֑דֶקOpen your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy.”Ecclesiastes 3:16 · הַצֶּ֖דֶקMoreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.Ecclesiastes 5:8 · וָצֶ֙דֶק֙If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.Ecclesiastes 7:15 · בְּצִדְק֔וֹAll this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.Isaiah 1:21 · צֶ֛דֶקHow the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.Isaiah 1:26 · הַצֶּ֔דֶקI will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called ‘The city of righteousness, a faithful town.’Isaiah 11:4 · בְּצֶ֙דֶק֙but with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.Isaiah 11:5 · צֶ֖דֶקRighteousness will be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.Isaiah 16:5 · צֶֽדֶק׃A throne will be established in loving kindness. One will sit on it in truth, in the tent of David, judging, seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.Isaiah 26:9 · צֶ֥דֶקWith my soul have I desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.Isaiah 26:10 · צֶ֔דֶקLet favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see Yahweh’s majesty.Isaiah 32:1 · לְצֶ֖דֶקBehold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.Isaiah 41:2 · צֶ֖דֶקWho has raised up one from the east? Who called him to his foot in righteousness? He hands over nations to him, and makes him rule over kings. He gives them like the dust to his sword, like the driven stubble to his bow.Isaiah 41:10 · צִדְקִֽי׃Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.Isaiah 42:6 · בְצֶ֖דֶק“I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations;Isaiah 42:21 · צִדְק֑וֹIt pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.Isaiah 45:8 · צֶ֑דֶקDistil, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up with it. I, Yahweh, have created it.Isaiah 45:13 · בְצֶ֔דֶקI have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways. He shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for price nor reward,” says Yahweh of Armies.Isaiah 45:19 · צֶ֔דֶקI have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn’t say to the seed of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.Isaiah 51:1 · צֶ֖דֶק“Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh: look to the rock you were cut from, and to the hold of the pit you were dug from.Isaiah 51:5 · צִדְקִי֙My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and my arms shall judge the peoples; the islands shall wait for me, and on my arm shall they trust.Isaiah 51:7 · צֶ֔דֶק“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; don’t fear the reproach of men, neither be dismayed at their insults.Isaiah 58:2 · צֶ֔דֶקYet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and didn’t forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.Isaiah 58:8 · צִדְקֶ֔ךָThen your light shall break forth as the morning, and your healing shall spring forth speedily; and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of Yahweh shall be your rear guard.Isaiah 59:4 · בְצֶ֔דֶקNone sues in righteousness, and none pleads in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.Isaiah 61:3 · הַצֶּ֔דֶקto appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.Isaiah 62:1 · צִדְקָ֔הּFor Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns.Isaiah 62:2 · צִדְקֵ֔ךְThe nations shall see your righteousness, and all kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of Yahweh shall name.Isaiah 64:5 · צֶ֔דֶקYou meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned. We have been in sin for a long time; and shall we be saved?Jeremiah 11:20 · צֶ֔דֶקBut, Yahweh of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I shall see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause.Jeremiah 22:13 · צֶ֔דֶקWoe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and doesn’t give him his hire;Jeremiah 23:6 · צִדְקֵֽנוּ׃ סIn his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name by which he shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.Jeremiah 31:23 · צֶ֖דֶקThus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I shall bring again their captivity: Yahweh bless you, habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness.Jeremiah 33:16 · צִדְקֵֽנוּ׃ סIn those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely; and this is the name by which she shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.Jeremiah 50:7 · צֶ֔דֶקAll who found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Yahweh, the habitation of righteousness, even Yahweh, the hope of their fathers.Daniel 9:24 · צֶ֣דֶקSeventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.Hosea 2:19 · בְּצֶ֣דֶקI will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion.Hosea 10:12 · צֶ֖דֶקSow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.Zephaniah 2:3 · צֶ֙דֶק֙Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh’s anger.