צֶדֶק tsedeq
Meaning
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
In the King James Version: [idiom] even, ([idiom] that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness).
Derivation: from H6663 (צָדַק);
Where it is used
- Leviticus 19:15 You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
- Leviticus 19:36 You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 1:16 At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.
- Deuteronomy 16:18 You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
- Deuteronomy 16:20 Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 25:15 You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 33:19 They will call the peoples to a mountain; there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness. For they will feast on the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.”
- Job 6:29 Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.
- Job 8:3 Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
- Job 8:6 if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
- Job 29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
- Job 31:6 let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.
- Job 35:2 “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
- Job 36:3 I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
- Psalms 4:1 For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.
- Psalms 4:5 Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD.
- Psalms 7:8 The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
- Psalms 7:17 I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
- Psalms 9:4 For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
- Psalms 9:8 He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
- Psalms 15:2 He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,
- Psalms 17:1 A prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer—it comes from lips free of deceit.
- Psalms 17:15 As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
- Psalms 18:20 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
- Psalms 18:24 So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
- Psalms 23:3 He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
- Psalms 35:24 Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
- Psalms 35:27 May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”
- Psalms 35:28 Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
- Psalms 37:6 He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
- Psalms 40:9 I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
- Psalms 45:4 In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.
- Psalms 45:7 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
- Psalms 48:10 Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
- Psalms 50:6 And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
- Psalms 51:19 Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.
- Psalms 52:3 You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah
- Psalms 58:1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
- Psalms 65:5 With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
- Psalms 72:2 May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
- Psalms 85:10 Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.
- Psalms 85:11 Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.
- Psalms 85:13 Righteousness will go before Him to prepare the way for His steps.
- Psalms 89:14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
- Psalms 94:15 Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
- Psalms 96:13 before the LORD, for He is coming—He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
- Psalms 97:2 Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
- Psalms 97:6 The heavens proclaim His righteousness; all the peoples see His glory.
- Psalms 98:9 before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
- Psalms 118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.
- Psalms 119:7 I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
- Psalms 119:62 At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
- Psalms 119:75 I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
- Psalms 119:106 I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
- Psalms 119:121 I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
- Psalms 119:123 My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
- Psalms 119:138 The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
- Psalms 119:142 Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.
- Psalms 119:144 Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
- Psalms 119:160 The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.