1) justice, righteousness 1a) righteousness (in government) 1a1) of judge, ruler, king 1a2) of law 1a3) of Davidic king Messiah 1b) righteousness (of God's attribute) 1c) righteousness (in a case or cause) 1d) righteousness, truthfulness 1e) righteousness (as ethically right) 1f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification, salvation 1f1) of God 1f2) prosperity (of people) 1g) righteous acts Aramaic equivalent: tsid.qah (צִדְקָה "righteousness" H6665)
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H6666 — צְדָקָה
tse.da.qah · righteousness · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 15:6 · צְדָקָֽה׃Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.Genesis 18:19 · צְדָקָ֖הFor I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”Genesis 30:33 · צִדְקָתִי֙So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”Deuteronomy 6:25 · וּצְדָקָ֖הAnd if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”Deuteronomy 9:4 · בְּצִדְקָתִי֙When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.Deuteronomy 9:5 · בְצִדְקָתְךָ֗It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.Deuteronomy 9:6 · בְצִדְקָֽתְךָ֙Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.Deuteronomy 24:13 · צְדָקָ֔הbe sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.Deuteronomy 33:21 · צִדְקַ֤תHe chose the best land for himself, because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there. He came with the leaders of the people; he administered the LORD’s justice and His ordinances for Israel.”Judges 5:11 · צִדְק֣וֹת · צִדְקֹ֥תthe voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:1 Samuel 12:7 · צִדְק֣וֹתNow present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.1 Samuel 26:23 · צִדְקָת֖וֹMay the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed.2 Samuel 8:15 · וּצְדָקָ֖הThus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:2 Samuel 19:28 · צְדָקָ֔הFor all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have to keep appealing to the king?”2 Samuel 22:21 · כְּצִדְקָתִ֑יThe LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.2 Samuel 22:25 · כְּצִדְקָתִ֑יSo the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.1 Kings 3:6 · וּבִצְדָקָ֛הSolomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.1 Kings 8:32 · כְּצִדְקָתֽוֹ׃ סthen may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.1 Kings 10:9 · וּצְדָקָֽה׃Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”1 Chronicles 18:14 · וּצְדָקָ֖הThus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:2 Chronicles 6:23 · כְּצִדְקָתֽוֹ׃ סthen may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.2 Chronicles 9:8 · וּצְדָקָֽה׃Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”Nehemiah 2:20 · וּצְדָקָ֛הSo I answered them and said, “The God of heaven is the One who will grant us success. We, His servants, will start rebuilding, but you have no portion, right, or claim in Jerusalem.”Job 27:6 · בְּצִדְקָתִ֣יI will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.Job 33:26 · צִדְקָתֽוֹ׃He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.Job 35:8 · צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.Job 37:23 · צְ֝דָקָ֗הThe Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.Psalm 5:8 · בְצִדְקָתֶ֗ךָLead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.Psalm 11:7 · צְדָק֣וֹתFor the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.Psalm 22:31 · צִדְקָת֑וֹThey will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn—all that He has done.Psalm 24:5 · וּ֝צְדָקָ֗הHe will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from the God of his salvation.Psalm 31:1 · בְּצִדְקָתְךָ֥For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.Psalm 33:5 · צְדָקָ֣הThe LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion.Psalm 36:6 · צִדְקָֽתְךָ֨׀Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.Psalm 36:10 · וְ֝צִדְקָֽתְךָ֗Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.Psalm 40:10 · צִדְקָתְךָ֬I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.Psalm 51:14 · צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.Psalm 69:27 · בְּצִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.Psalm 71:2 · בְּצִדְקָתְךָ֗In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.Psalm 71:15 · צִדְקָתֶ֗ךָMy mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.Psalm 71:16 · צִדְקָתְךָ֣I will come in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours alone.Psalm 71:19 · וְצִדְקָתְךָ֥Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?Psalm 71:24 · צִדְקָתֶ֑ךָMy tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.Psalm 72:1 · וְצִדְקָתְךָ֥Of Solomon. Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.Psalm 72:3 · בִּצְדָקָֽה׃May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.Psalm 88:12 · וְ֝צִדְקָתְךָ֗Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?Psalm 89:16 · וּבְצִדְקָתְךָ֥They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.Psalm 98:2 · צִדְקָתֽוֹ׃The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.Psalm 99:4 · וּ֝צְדָקָ֗הThe mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.Psalm 103:6 · צְדָק֣וֹתThe LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.Psalm 103:17 · וְ֝צִדְקָת֗וֹBut from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—Psalm 106:3 · צְדָקָ֣הBlessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.Psalm 106:31 · לִצְדָקָ֑הIt was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.Psalm 111:3 · וְ֝צִדְקָת֗וֹSplendid and majestic is His work; His righteousness endures forever.Psalm 112:3 · וְ֝צִדְקָת֗וֹWealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.Psalm 112:9 · צִ֭דְקָתוֹHe has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.Psalm 119:40 · בְּצִדְקָתְךָ֥How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.Psalm 119:142 · צִדְקָתְךָ֣Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.Psalm 143:1 · בְּצִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃A Psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.Psalm 143:11 · בְּצִדְקָתְךָ֓׀For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.Psalm 145:7 · וְצִדְקָתְךָ֥They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.Proverbs 8:18 · וּצְדָקָֽה׃With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.Proverbs 8:20 · צְדָקָ֥הI walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,Proverbs 10:2 · וּ֝צְדָקָ֗הIll-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.Proverbs 11:4 · וּ֝צְדָקָ֗הRiches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.Proverbs 11:5 · צִדְקַ֣תThe righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.Proverbs 11:6 · צִדְקַ֣תThe righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.Proverbs 11:18 · צְ֝דָקָ֗הThe wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.Proverbs 11:19 · צְדָקָ֥הGenuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.Proverbs 12:28 · צְדָקָ֥הThere is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.Proverbs 13:6 · צְ֭דָקָהRighteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.Proverbs 14:34 · צְדָקָ֥הRighteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.Proverbs 15:9 · צְדָקָ֣הThe LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.Proverbs 16:8 · בִּצְדָקָ֑הBetter a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.Proverbs 16:12 · בִ֝צְדָקָ֗הWicked behavior is detestable for kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.Proverbs 16:31 · צְ֝דָקָ֗הGray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.Proverbs 21:3 · צְדָקָ֣הTo do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.Proverbs 21:21 · צְדָקָ֣ה · צְדָקָ֥הHe who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.Isaiah 1:27 · בִּצְדָקָֽה׃Zion will be redeemed with justice, her repentant ones with righteousness.Isaiah 5:7 · לִצְדָקָ֖הFor the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.Isaiah 5:16 · בִּצְדָקָֽה׃But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.Isaiah 5:23 · וְצִדְקַ֥תwho acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.Isaiah 9:7 · וּבִצְדָקָ֑הOf the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.Isaiah 10:22 · צְדָקָֽה׃Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.Isaiah 28:17 · וּצְדָקָ֖הI will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.Isaiah 32:16 · וּצְדָקָ֖הThen justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.Isaiah 32:17 · הַצְּדָקָ֖ה · הַצְּדָקָ֔הThe work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.Isaiah 33:5 · וּצְדָקָֽה׃The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.Isaiah 33:15 · צְדָק֔וֹתHe who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—Isaiah 45:8 · וּצְדָקָ֤הDrip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.Isaiah 45:23 · צְדָקָ֛הBy Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.Isaiah 45:24 · צְדָק֣וֹתSurely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.Isaiah 46:12 · מִצְּדָקָֽה׃Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:Isaiah 46:13 · צִדְקָתִי֙I am bringing My righteousness near; it is not far away, and My salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion and adorn Israel with My splendor.Isaiah 48:1 · בִצְדָקָֽה׃“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel—but not in truth or righteousness—Isaiah 48:18 · וְצִדְקָתְךָ֖If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.Isaiah 51:6 · וְצִדְקָתִ֖יLift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.Isaiah 51:8 · וְצִדְקָתִי֙For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”Isaiah 54:14 · בִּצְדָקָ֖הIn righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.Isaiah 54:17 · וְצִדְקָתָ֛םNo weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.Isaiah 56:1 · צְדָקָ֑ה · וְצִדְקָתִ֖יThis is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for My salvation is coming soon, and My righteousness will be revealed.Isaiah 57:12 · צִדְקָתֵ֑ךְI will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you.Isaiah 58:2 · צְדָקָ֣הFor day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”Isaiah 59:9 · צְדָקָ֑הTherefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.Isaiah 59:14 · וּצְדָקָ֖הSo justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.Isaiah 59:16 · וְצִדְקָת֖וֹHe saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.Isaiah 59:17 · צְדָקָה֙He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.Isaiah 60:17 · צְדָקָֽה׃Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.Isaiah 61:10 · צְדָקָ֖הI will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.Isaiah 61:11 · צְדָקָה֙For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.Isaiah 63:1 · בִּצְדָקָ֖הWho is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”Isaiah 64:6 · צִדְקֹתֵ֑ינוּEach of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.Jeremiah 4:2 · וּבִצְדָקָ֑הand if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”Jeremiah 9:24 · וּצְדָקָ֖הBut let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 22:3 · וּצְדָקָ֔הThis is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.Jeremiah 22:15 · וּצְדָקָ֔הDoes it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.Jeremiah 23:5 · וּצְדָקָ֖הBehold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.Jeremiah 33:15 · צְדָקָ֑ה · וּצְדָקָ֖הIn those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and righteousness in the land.Jeremiah 51:10 · צִדְקֹתֵ֑ינוּ“The LORD has brought forth our vindication; come, let us tell in Zion what the LORD our God has accomplished.”Daniel 9:7 · הַצְּדָקָ֔הTo You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.Daniel 9:16 · צִדְקֹתֶ֙ךָ֙O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.Daniel 9:18 · צִדְקֹתֵ֗ינוּIncline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.Hosea 10:12 · לִצְדָקָה֙Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.Amos 5:7 · וּצְדָקָ֖הThere are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.Amos 5:24 · וּצְדָקָ֖הBut let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.Amos 6:12 · צְדָקָ֖ה“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—Micah 6:5 · צִדְק֥וֹתMy people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”Micah 7:9 · בְּצִדְקָתֽוֹ׃Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.Zechariah 8:8 · וּבִצְדָקָֽה׃ סI will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”Malachi 3:3 · בִּצְדָקָֽה׃And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.Malachi 4:2 · צְדָקָ֔ה“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.