צַדִּיק tsaddîyq
Meaning
just
In the King James Version: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Derivation: from H6663 (צָדַק);
Where it is used
- Proverbs 13:25 A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.
- Proverbs 14:19 The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
- Proverbs 14:32 The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
- Proverbs 15:6 The house of the righteous has great treasure, but the income of the wicked is trouble.
- Proverbs 15:28 The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil.
- Proverbs 15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
- Proverbs 17:15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.
- Proverbs 17:26 It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.
- Proverbs 18:5 Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
- Proverbs 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
- Proverbs 18:17 The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
- Proverbs 20:7 The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.
- Proverbs 21:12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.
- Proverbs 21:15 Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
- Proverbs 21:18 The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.
- Proverbs 21:26 All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.
- Proverbs 23:24 The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
- Proverbs 24:15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.
- Proverbs 24:16 For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
- Proverbs 24:24 Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”—peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
- Proverbs 25:26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.
- Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
- Proverbs 28:12 When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
- Proverbs 28:28 When the wicked come to power, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous flourish.
- Proverbs 29:2 When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
- Proverbs 29:6 An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.
- Proverbs 29:7 The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.
- Proverbs 29:16 When the wicked thrive, rebellion increases; but the righteous will see their downfall.
- Proverbs 29:27 An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.
- Ecclesiastes 3:17 I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
- Ecclesiastes 7:15 In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.
- Ecclesiastes 7:16 Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
- Ecclesiastes 7:20 Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
- Ecclesiastes 8:14 There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.
- Ecclesiastes 9:1 So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
- Ecclesiastes 9:2 It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.
- Isaiah 3:10 Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- Isaiah 5:23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
- Isaiah 24:16 From the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, “I am wasting away! I am wasting away! Woe is me.” The treacherous betray; the treacherous deal in treachery.
- Isaiah 26:2 Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter—one that remains faithful.
- Isaiah 26:7 The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.
- Isaiah 29:21 those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.
- Isaiah 41:26 Who has declared this from the beginning, so that we may know, and from times past, so that we may say: ‘He was right’? No one announced it, no one foretold it, no one heard your words.
- Isaiah 45:21 Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.
- Isaiah 49:24 Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
- Isaiah 53:11 After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
- Isaiah 57:1 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous are taken away from the presence of evil.
- Isaiah 60:21 Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
- Jeremiah 12:1 Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
- Jeremiah 20:12 O LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous, who sees the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
- Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, 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.
- Lamentations 1:18 The LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.
- Lamentations 4:13 But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.
- Ezekiel 3:20 Now if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for his blood.
- Ezekiel 3:21 But if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he heeded your warning, and you will have saved yourself.”
- Ezekiel 13:22 Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,
- Ezekiel 18:5 Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:
- Ezekiel 18:9 He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 18:20 The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.
- Ezekiel 18:24 But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.