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‘Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.Leviticus 19:36 · צֶ֣דֶק · צֶ֗דֶק · צֶ֛דֶק · צֶ֖דֶקrighteous balances, righteous weights, a righteous ephah, and a righteous hin ye have; I am Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out from the land of Egypt;Deuteronomy 1:16 · צֶ֔דֶקAnd I command your judges at that time, saying, Hearkening between your brethren—then ye have judged righteousness between a man, and his brother, and his sojourner;Deuteronomy 16:18 · צֶֽדֶק׃‘Judges and authorities thou dost make to thee within all thy gates which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, for thy tribes; and they have judged the people—a righteous judgment.Deuteronomy 16:20 · צֶ֥דֶק · צֶ֖דֶקRighteousness—righteousness thou dost pursue, so that thou livest, and hast possessed the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.Deuteronomy 25:15 · וָצֶ֙דֶק֙ · וָצֶ֖דֶקThou hast a stone complete and just, thou hast an ephah complete and just, so that they prolong thy days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee;Deuteronomy 33:19 · צֶ֑דֶקPeoples to the mountain they call, There they sacrifice righteous sacrifices; For the abundance of the seas they suck, And hidden things hidden in the sand.Job 6:29 · צִדְקִי־Turn back, I pray you, let it not be perverseness, Yea, turn back again—my righteousness is in it.Job 8:3 · צֶֽדֶק׃Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice?Job 8:6 · צִדְקֶֽךָ׃If pure and upright thou art, Surely now He waketh for thee, And hath completed The habitation of thy righteousness.Job 29:14 · צֶ֣דֶקRighteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice.Job 31:6 · צֶ֑דֶקHe doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity.Job 35:2 · צִדְקִ֥יThis hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said—‘My righteousness is more than God’s?’Job 36:3 · צֶֽדֶק׃I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness.Psalm 4:1 · צִדְקִ֗יTo the Overseer with Stringed Instruments.—A Psalm of David. In my calling answer Thou me, O God of my righteousness. In adversity Thou gavest enlargement to me; Favour me, and hear my prayer.Psalm 4:5 · צֶ֑דֶקSacrifice ye sacrifices of righteousness, And trust ye unto Jehovah.Psalm 7:8 · כְּצִדְקִ֖יJehovah doth judge the peoples; Judge me, O Jehovah, According to my righteousness, And according to mine integrity on me,Psalm 7:17 · כְּצִדְק֑וֹI thank Jehovah, According to His righteousness, And praise the name of Jehovah Most High!Psalm 9:4 · צֶֽדֶק׃For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness.Psalm 9:8 · בְּצֶ֑דֶקAnd He judgeth the world in righteousness, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.Psalm 15:2 · צֶ֑דֶקHe who is walking uprightly, And working righteousness, And speaking truth in his heart.Psalm 17:1 · צֶ֗דֶקA Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear to my prayer, without lips of deceit.Psalm 17:15 · בְּ֭צֶדֶקI—in righteousness, I see Thy face; I am satisfied, in awaking, with Thy form!Psalm 18:20 · כְּצִדְקִ֑יJehovah doth recompense me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.Psalm 18:24 · כְצִדְקִ֑יAnd Jehovah doth return to me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, Over-against his eyes.Psalm 23:3 · צֶ֝֗דֶקMy soul He refresheth, He leadeth me in paths of righteousness, For His name’s sake,Psalm 35:24 · כְ֭צִדְקְךָJudge me according to Thy righteousness, O Jehovah my God, And they do not rejoice over me.Psalm 35:27 · צִ֫דְקִ֥יThey sing and rejoice, who are desiring my righteousness, And they say continually, ‘Jehovah is magnified, Who is desiring the peace of His servant.’Psalm 35:28 · צִדְקֶ֑ךָAnd my tongue uttereth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy praise!Psalm 37:6 · צִדְקֶ֑ךָAnd hath brought out as light thy righteousness, And thy judgment as noon-day.Psalm 40:9 · צֶ֨דֶק׀I have proclaimed tidings of righteousness In the great assembly, lo, my lips I restrain not, O Jehovah, Thou hast known.Psalm 45:4 · צֶ֑דֶקAs to Thy majesty—prosper!—ride! Because of truth, and meekness—righteousness, And Thy right hand showeth Thee fearful things.Psalm 45:7 · צֶּדֶק֮Thou hast loved righteousness and hatest wickedness, Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee, Oil of joy above thy companions.Psalm 48:10 · צֶ֝֗דֶקAs is Thy name, O God, so is Thy praise, Over the ends of the earth, Righteousness hath filled Thy right hand.Psalm 50:6 · צִדְק֑וֹAnd the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge. Selah.Psalm 51:19 · צֶ֭דֶקThen Thou desirest sacrifices of righteousness, Burnt-offering, and whole burnt-offering, Then they offer bullocks on thine altar!Psalm 52:3 · צֶ֣דֶקThou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.Psalm 58:1 · צֶ֭דֶקTo the Overseer.—‘Destroy not.’—A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men?Psalm 65:5 · בְּצֶ֣דֶקBy fearful things in righteousness Thou answerest us, O God of our salvation, The confidence of all far off ends of earth and sea.Psalm 72:2 · בְצֶ֑דֶקHe judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.Psalm 85:10 · צֶ֖דֶקKindness and truth have met, Righteousness and peace have kissed,Psalm 85:11 · וְ֝צֶ֗דֶקTruth from the earth springeth up, And righteousness from heaven looketh out,Psalm 85:13 · צֶ֭דֶקRighteousness before Him goeth, And maketh His footsteps for a way!Psalm 89:14 · צֶ֣דֶקRighteousness and judgment Are the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face.Psalm 94:15 · צֶ֭דֶקFor to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,Psalm 96:13 · בְּצֶ֑דֶקBefore Jehovah, for He hath come, For He hath come to judge the earth. He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the peoples in His faithfulness!Psalm 97:2 · צֶ֥דֶקCloud and darkness are round about Him, Righteousness and judgment the basis of His throne.Psalm 97:6 · צִדְק֑וֹThe heavens declared His righteousness, And all the peoples have seen His honour.Psalm 98:9 · בְּצֶ֑דֶקBefore Jehovah, For He hath come to judge the earth, He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the people in uprightness!Psalm 118:19 · צֶ֑דֶקOpen ye to me gates of righteousness, I enter into them—I thank Jah.Psalm 119:7 · צִדְקֶֽךָ׃I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness.Psalm 119:62 · צִדְקֶֽךָ׃At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness.Psalm 119:75 · צֶ֣דֶקI have known, O Jehovah, That righteous are Thy judgments, And in faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.Psalm 119:106 · צִדְקֶֽךָ׃I have sworn, and I confirm it, To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness.Psalm 119:121 · וָצֶ֑דֶקAin. I have done judgment and righteousness, Leave me not to mine oppressors.Psalm 119:123 · צִדְקֶֽךָ׃Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness.Psalm 119:138 · צֶ֣דֶקThou hast appointed Thy testimonies, Righteous and exceeding faithful,Psalm 119:142 · צֶ֣דֶקThy righteousness is righteousness to the age, And Thy law is truth.Psalm 119:144 · צֶ֖דֶקThe righteousness of Thy testimonies is to Cause me to understand, and I live!Psalm 119:160 · צִדְקֶֽךָ׃The sum of Thy word is truth, And to the age is every judgment of Thy righteousness!Psalm 119:164 · צִדְקֶֽךָ׃Seven times in a day I have praised Thee, Because of the judgments of Thy righteousness.Psalm 119:172 · צֶּֽדֶק׃My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands are righteous.Psalm 132:9 · צֶ֑דֶקThy priests do put on righteousness, And Thy pious ones cry aloud.Proverbs 1:3 · צֶ֥דֶקFor receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,Proverbs 2:9 · צֶ֣דֶקThen understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness—every good path.Proverbs 8:8 · בְּצֶ֥דֶקIn righteousness are all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.Proverbs 8:15 · צֶֽדֶק׃By me kings reign, and princes decree righteousness,Proverbs 8:16 · צֶֽדֶק׃By me do chiefs rule, and nobles, All judges of the earth.Proverbs 12:17 · צֶ֑דֶקWhoso uttereth faithfulness declareth righteousness, And a false witness—deceit.Proverbs 16:13 · צֶ֑דֶקThe delight of kings are righteous lips, And whoso is speaking uprightly he loveth,Proverbs 25:5 · בַּצֶּ֣דֶקTake away the wicked before a king, And established in righteousness is his throne.Proverbs 31:9 · צֶ֑דֶקOpen thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!’Ecclesiastes 3:16 · הַצֶּ֖דֶקAnd again, I have seen under the sun the place of judgment—there is the wicked; and the place of righteousness—there is the wicked.Ecclesiastes 5:8 · וָצֶ֙דֶק֙If oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness thou seest in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones are over them.Ecclesiastes 7:15 · בְּצִדְק֔וֹThe whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong-doer prolonging himself in his wrong.Isaiah 1:21 · צֶ֛דֶקHow hath a faithful city become a harlot? I have filled it with judgment, Righteousness lodgeth in it—now murderers.Isaiah 1:26 · הַצֶּ֔דֶקAnd I give back thy judges as at the first, And thy counsellors as in the beginning, After this thou art called, ‘A city of righteousness—a faithful city.’Isaiah 11:4 · בְּצֶ֙דֶק֙And he hath judged in righteousness the poor, And decided in uprightness for the humble of earth, And hath smitten earth with the rod of his mouth, And with the breath of his lips he putteth the wicked to death.Isaiah 11:5 · צֶ֖דֶקAnd righteousness hath been the girdle of his loins, And faithfulness—the girdle of his reins.Isaiah 16:5 · צֶֽדֶק׃And established in kindness is the throne, And one hath sat on it in truth, in the tent of David, Judging and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.Isaiah 26:9 · צֶ֥דֶקWith my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, with my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments are on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.Isaiah 26:10 · צֶ֔דֶקThe wicked findeth favour, He hath not learned righteousness, In a land of straightforwardness he dealeth perversely, And seeth not the excellency of Jehovah.Isaiah 32:1 · לְצֶ֖דֶקLo, for righteousness doth a king reign, As to princes, for judgment they rule.Isaiah 41:2 · צֶ֖דֶקWho stirred up from the east a righteous one? He calleth him to His foot, He giveth before him nations, And kings He causeth him to rule, He giveth them as dust to his sword, As driven stubble to his bow.Isaiah 41:10 · צִדְקִֽי׃Be not afraid, for with thee I am, Look not around, for I am thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.Isaiah 42:6 · בְצֶ֖דֶקI, Jehovah, did call thee in righteousness, And I lay hold on thy hand, and keep thee, And I give thee for a covenant of a people, And a light of nations.Isaiah 42:21 · צִדְק֑וֹJehovah hath delight for the sake of His righteousness, He magnifieth law, and maketh honourable.Isaiah 45:8 · צֶ֑דֶקDrop, ye heavens, from above, And clouds do cause righteousness to flow, Earth openeth, and they are fruitful, Salvation and righteousness spring up together, I, Jehovah, have prepared it.Isaiah 45:13 · בְצֶ֔דֶקI have stirred him up in righteousness, And all his ways I make straight, He doth build My city, and My captivity doth send out, Not for price, nor for bribe, said Jehovah of Hosts.Isaiah 45:19 · צֶ֔דֶקNot in secret have I spoken, in a dark place of the earth, I have not said to the seed of Jacob, In vain seek ye Me, I am Jehovah, speaking righteousness, Declaring uprightness.Isaiah 51:1 · צֶ֖דֶקHearken unto Me, ye pursuing righteousness, Seeking Jehovah, Look attentively unto the rock—ye have been hewn, And unto the hole of the pit—ye have been digged.Isaiah 51:5 · צִדְקִי֙Near is My righteousness, Gone out hath My salvation and Mine arms, Peoples they judge, on Me isles do wait, Yea, on Mine arm they do wait with hope.Isaiah 51:7 · צֶ֔דֶקHearken unto Me, ye who know righteousness, A people, in whose heart is My law, Fear ye not the reproach of men, And for their reviling be not affrighted,Isaiah 58:2 · צֶ֔דֶקSeeing—Me day by day they seek, And the knowledge of My ways they desire, As a nation that righteousness hath done, And the judgment of its God hath not forsaken, They ask of me judgments of righteousness, The drawing near of God they desire:Isaiah 58:8 · צִדְקֶ֔ךָThen broken up as the dawn is thy light, And thy health in haste springeth up, Gone before thee hath thy righteousness, The honour of Jehovah doth gather thee.Isaiah 59:4 · בְצֶ֔דֶקThere is none calling in righteousness, And there is none pleading in faithfulness, Trusting on emptiness, and speaking falsehood, Conceiving perverseness, and bearing iniquity.Isaiah 61:3 · הַצֶּ֔דֶקTo appoint to mourners in Zion, To give to them beauty instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, A covering of praise for a spirit of weakness, And He is calling to them, ‘Trees of righteousness, The planting of Jehovah—to be beautified.’Isaiah 62:1 · צִדְקָ֔הּFor Zion’s sake I am not silent, And for Jerusalem’s sake I do not rest, Till her righteousness go out as brightness, And her salvation, as a torch that burneth.Isaiah 62:2 · צִדְקֵ֔ךְAnd nations have seen thy righteousness, And all kings thine honour, And He is giving to thee a new name, That the mouth of Jehovah doth define.Isaiah 64:5 · צֶ֔דֶקThou hast met with the rejoicer And the doer of righteousness, In Thy ways they remember Thee, Lo, Thou hast been wroth when we sin, By them is continuance, and we are saved.Jeremiah 11:20 · צֶ֔דֶקAnd O Jehovah of Hosts, judging righteousness, Trying reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance against them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.’Jeremiah 22:13 · צֶ֔דֶקWoe to him who is building his house by unrighteousness, And his upper chambers by injustice, On his neighbour he layeth service for nought, And his wage he doth not give to him.Jeremiah 23:6 · צִדְקֵֽנוּ׃ סIn his days is Judah saved, and Israel dwelleth confidently, And this his name that Jehovah proclaimeth him, ‘Our Righteousness.’Jeremiah 31:23 · צֶ֖דֶקThus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Still they say this word in the land of Judah, And in its cities, In My turning back to their captivity, Jehovah doth bless thee, habitation of righteousness, Mountain of holiness.Jeremiah 33:16 · צִדְקֵֽנוּ׃ סIn those days is Judah saved, And Jerusalem doth dwell confidently, And this is he whom Jehovah proclaimeth to her: ‘Our Righteousness.’Jeremiah 50:7 · צֶ֔דֶקAll finding them have devoured them, And their adversaries have said: We are not guilty, Because that they sinned against Jehovah, The habitation of righteousness, And the hope of their fathers—Jehovah.Daniel 9:24 · צֶ֣דֶק‘Seventy weeks are determined for thy people, and for thy holy city, to shut up the transgression, and to seal up sins, and to cover iniquity, and to bring in righteousness age-during, and to seal up vision and prophet, and to anoint the holy of holies.Hosea 2:19 · בְּצֶ֣דֶקAnd I have betrothed thee to Me to the age, And betrothed thee to Me in righteousness, And in judgment, and kindness, and mercies,Hosea 10:12 · צֶ֖דֶקSow for yourselves in righteousness, Reap according to loving-kindness, Till for yourselves tillage of knowledge, To seek Jehovah, Till he come and shew righteousness to you.Zephaniah 2:3 · צֶ֙דֶק֙Seek Jehovah, all ye humble of the land, Who His judgment have done, Seek ye righteousness, seek humility, It may be ye are hidden in a day of the anger of Jehovah.