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Hebrew adjective · H6662

צַדִּיק

tsaddiqtsad-deek'

righteous

206 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: tsaddîyq

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6662is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 25 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 71
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H6662

just

The King James renders it: just, lawful, righteous (man).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

tsaddiq is rendered "righteous". It stands 206 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-five books.

  • Sixty-six of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 6:9This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
  • The Greek text spells it seventy-one different ways.

The first use

This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

Genesis 6:9צַדִּ֛יק

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • righteous122
  • a righteous33
  • the righteous14
  • to the righteous9
  • and righteous8
  • and a righteous6
  • for the righteous4
  • O righteous3
  • of the righteous2
  • as the righteous1
  • correct1
  • from righteous1

and 2 more, 206 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

The words it stands beside

All 206, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

71 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • צַדִּ֑יק18
  • צַדִּ֣יק16
  • צַ֭דִּיק15
  • צַדִּיקִ֣ים12
  • צַדִּ֥יק11
  • צַדִּ֖יק11
  • צַ֭דִּיקִים9
  • צַדִּיק֙6
  • לַצַּדִּ֑יק5
  • צַדִּ֔יק5
  • צַדִּֽיק׃5
  • צַדִּיקִ֑ים5

and 59 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • adjective · masculine singular110HAamsa
  • adjective · masculine plural50HAampa
  • preposition with the article + adjective · masculine singular16HRd/Aamsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular10HC/Aamsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singular8HTd/Aamsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine plural6HTd/Aampa
  • conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural4HC/Aampa
  • preposition + adjective · masculine singular2HR/Aamsa

Genesis

ten uses
  • This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

    Genesis 6:9

    • צַדִּ֛יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

    Genesis 7:1

    • צַדִּ֥יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

    Genesis 18:23

    • צַדִּ֖יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there?

    Genesis 18:24

    • צַדִּיקִ֖םtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
    • הַצַּדִּיקִ֖םhatzadikimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the righteous
  • Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”

    Genesis 18:25

    • צַדִּיק֙tzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
    • כַצַּדִּ֖יקkhatzadikpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: as the righteous
  • So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.”

    Genesis 18:26

    • צַדִּיקִ֖םtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”

    Genesis 18:28

    • הַצַּדִּיקִם֙hatzadikimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the righteous
  • Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?

    Genesis 20:4

    • צַדִּ֖יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous

Exodus

three uses
  • Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

    Exodus 9:27

    • הַצַּדִּ֔יקhatzadikthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the righteous
  • Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.

    Exodus 23:7

    • וְצַדִּיק֙vetzadikconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and a righteous
  • Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.

    Exodus 23:8

    • צַדִּיקִֽים׃tzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous

Deuteronomy

four uses
  • And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

    Deuteronomy 4:8

    • צַדִּיקִ֑םtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

    Deuteronomy 16:19

    • צַדִּיקִֽם׃tzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.

    Deuteronomy 25:1

    • הַצַּדִּ֔יקhatzadikthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the righteous
  • He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.

    Deuteronomy 32:4

    • צַדִּ֥יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous

1 Samuel

one use
  • and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.

    1 Samuel 24:17

    • צַדִּ֥יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous

2 Samuel

two uses
  • How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”

    2 Samuel 4:11

    • צַדִּ֛יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,

    2 Samuel 23:3

    • צַדִּ֕יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous

1 Kings

two uses
  • The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

    1 Kings 2:32

    • צַדִּקִ֨יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • then 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 8:32

    • צַדִּ֔יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous

2 Kings

one use
  • The next morning, Jehu went out and stood before all the people and said, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him. But who killed all these?

    2 Kings 10:9

    • צַדִּקִ֖יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous

2 Chronicles

two uses
  • then 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 6:23

    • צַדִּ֔יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”

    2 Chronicles 12:6

    • צַדִּ֥יק׀tzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous

Ezra

one use
  • O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.”

    Ezra 9:15

    • צַדִּ֣יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous

Nehemiah

two uses
  • You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.

    Nehemiah 9:8

    • צַדִּ֖יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.

    Nehemiah 9:33

    • צַדִּ֔יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous

Job

seven uses
  • I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

    Job 12:4

    • צַדִּ֥יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

    Job 17:9

    • צַדִּ֣יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:

    Job 22:19

    • צַדִּיקִ֣יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.

    Job 27:17

    • וְצַדִּ֣יקvetzadikconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and a righteous
  • So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

    Job 32:1

    • צַדִּ֣יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,

    Job 34:17

    • צַדִּ֖יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.

    Job 36:7

    • מִצַּדִּ֗יקmitzadikpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: from righteous

Psalms

fifty-two uses
  • Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

    Psalms 1:5

    • צַדִּיקִֽים׃tzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

    Psalms 1:6

    • צַדִּיקִ֑יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.

    Psalms 5:12

    • צַ֫דִּ֥יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.

    Psalms 7:9

    • צַ֫דִּ֥יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
    • צַדִּֽיק׃tzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.

    Psalms 7:11

    • צַדִּ֑יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”

    Psalms 11:3

    • צַ֝דִּ֗יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.

    Psalms 11:5

    • צַדִּ֪יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.

    Psalms 11:7

    • צַדִּ֣יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.

    Psalms 14:5

    • צַדִּֽיק׃tzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.

    Psalms 31:18

    • צַדִּ֥יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.

    Psalms 32:11

    • צַדִּיקִ֑יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: O righteous
  • Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.

    Psalms 33:1

    • צַ֭דִּיקִיםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: O righteous
  • The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.

    Psalms 34:15

    • צַדִּיקִ֑יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.

    Psalms 34:19

    • צַדִּ֑יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • Evil will slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.

    Psalms 34:21

    • צַדִּ֣יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: of righteous
  • The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,

    Psalms 37:12

    • לַצַּדִּ֑יקlatzadikpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: to the righteous
  • Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.

    Psalms 37:16

    • לַצַּדִּ֑יקlatzadikpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: of the righteous
  • For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

    Psalms 37:17

    • צַדִּיקִ֣יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.

    Psalms 37:21

    • וְ֝צַדִּ֗יקvetzadikconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and righteous
  • I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.

    Psalms 37:25

    • צַדִּ֣יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.

    Psalms 37:29

    • צַדִּיקִ֥יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

    Psalms 37:30

    • צַ֭דִּיקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,

    Psalms 37:32

    • לַצַּדִּ֑יקlatzadikpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: for the righteous
  • The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their stronghold in time of trouble.

    Psalms 37:39

    • צַ֭דִּיקִיםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,

    Psalms 52:6

    • צַדִּיקִ֥יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.

    Psalms 55:22

    • לַצַּדִּֽיק׃latzadikpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: to the righteous
  • The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.

    Psalms 58:10

    • צַ֭דִּיקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”

    Psalms 58:11

    • לַצַּדִּ֑יקlatzadikpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: to the righteous
  • Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult.

    Psalms 64:10

    • צַדִּ֣יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.

    Psalms 68:3

    • וְֽצַדִּיקִ֗יםvetzadikimconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and righteous
  • May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.

    Psalms 69:28

    • צַ֝דִּיקִ֗יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound, until the moon is no more.

    Psalms 72:7

    • צַדִּ֑יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • “All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”

    Psalms 75:10

    • צַדִּֽיק׃tzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

    Psalms 92:12

    • צַ֭דִּיקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

    Psalms 94:21

    • צַדִּ֑יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.

    Psalms 97:11

    • לַצַּדִּ֑יקlatzadikpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: for the righteous
  • Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones, and praise His holy name.

    Psalms 97:12

    • צַ֭דִּיקִיםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: O righteous
  • Light dawns in the darkness for the upright— for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.

    Psalms 112:4

    • וְצַדִּֽיק׃vetzadikconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and righteous
  • Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever.

    Psalms 112:6

    • צַדִּֽיק׃tzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.

    Psalms 116:5

    • וְצַדִּ֑יקvetzadikconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and righteous
  • Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!

    Psalms 118:15

    • צַדִּיקִ֑יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.

    Psalms 118:20

    • צַ֝דִּיקִ֗יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.

    Psalms 119:137

    • צַדִּ֣יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.

    Psalms 125:3

    • הַֽצַּדִּ֫יקִ֥יםhatzadikimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the righteous
    • הַצַּדִּיקִ֨יםhatzadikimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the righteous
  • The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.

    Psalms 129:4

    • צַדִּ֑יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.

    Psalms 140:13

    • צַ֭דִּיקִיםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.

    Psalms 141:5

    • צַדִּ֨יק׀tzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.

    Psalms 142:7

    • צַדִּיקִ֑יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.

    Psalms 145:17

    • צַדִּ֣יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

    Psalms 146:8

    • צַדִּיקִֽים׃tzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous

Proverbs

sixty-six uses
  • So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

    Proverbs 2:20

    • צַדִּיקִ֣יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.

    Proverbs 3:33

    • צַדִּיקִ֣יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

    Proverbs 4:18

    • צַ֭דִּיקִיםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.

    Proverbs 9:9

    • לְ֝צַדִּ֗יקletzadikpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: to a righteous
  • The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.

    Proverbs 10:3

    • צַדִּ֑יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

    Proverbs 10:6

    • צַדִּ֑יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

    Proverbs 10:7

    • צַ֭דִּיקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

    Proverbs 10:11

    • צַדִּ֑יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.

    Proverbs 10:16

    • צַדִּ֣יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.

    Proverbs 10:20

    • צַדִּ֑יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.

    Proverbs 10:21

    • צַ֭דִּיקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

    Proverbs 10:24

    • צַדִּיקִ֣יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.

    Proverbs 10:25

    • וְ֝צַדִּ֗יקvetzadikconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and a righteous
  • The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.

    Proverbs 10:28

    • צַדִּיקִ֣יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • The righteous will never be shaken, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

    Proverbs 10:30

    • צַדִּ֣יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.

    Proverbs 10:31

    • צַ֭דִּיקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

    Proverbs 10:32

    • צַ֭דִּיקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.

    Proverbs 11:8

    • צַ֭דִּיקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.

    Proverbs 11:9

    • צַדִּיקִ֥יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.

    Proverbs 11:10

    • צַ֭דִּיקִיםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.

    Proverbs 11:21

    • צַדִּיקִ֣יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.

    Proverbs 11:23

    • צַדִּיקִ֣יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.

    Proverbs 11:28

    • צַדִּיקִ֥יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

    Proverbs 11:30

    • צַ֭דִּיקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!

    Proverbs 11:31

    • צַ֭דִּיקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.

    Proverbs 12:3

    • צַ֝דִּיקִ֗יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.

    Proverbs 12:5

    • צַדִּיקִ֣יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the house of the righteous will stand.

    Proverbs 12:7

    • צַדִּיקִ֣יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.

    Proverbs 12:10

    • צַ֭דִּיקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

    Proverbs 12:12

    • צַדִּיקִ֣יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

    Proverbs 12:13

    • צַדִּֽיק׃tzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

    Proverbs 12:21

    • לַצַּדִּ֣יקlatzadikpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: to the righteous
  • A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.

    Proverbs 12:26

    • צַדִּ֑יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.

    Proverbs 13:5

    • צַדִּ֑יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

    Proverbs 13:9

    • צַדִּיקִ֥יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.

    Proverbs 13:21

    • צַ֝דִּיקִ֗יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.

    Proverbs 13:22

    • לַ֝צַּדִּ֗יקlatzadikpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: for the righteous
  • A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.

    Proverbs 13:25

    • צַדִּ֗יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

    Proverbs 14:19

    • צַדִּֽיק׃tzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.

    Proverbs 14:32

    • צַדִּֽיק׃tzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • The house of the righteous has great treasure, but the income of the wicked is trouble.

    Proverbs 15:6

    • צַ֭דִּיקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil.

    Proverbs 15:28

    • צַ֭דִּיקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

    Proverbs 15:29

    • צַדִּיקִ֣יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.

    Proverbs 17:15

    • צַדִּ֑יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.

    Proverbs 17:26

    • לַצַּדִּ֣יקlatzadikpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: to the righteous
  • Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.

    Proverbs 18:5

    • צַ֝דִּ֗יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

    Proverbs 18:10

    • צַדִּ֣יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

    Proverbs 18:17

    • צַדִּ֣יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.

    Proverbs 20:7

    • צַדִּ֑יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.

    Proverbs 21:12

    • צַ֭דִּיקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.

    Proverbs 21:15

    • לַ֭צַּדִּיקlatzadikpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: to the righteous
  • The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.

    Proverbs 21:18

    • לַצַּדִּ֣יקlatzadikpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: for the righteous
  • All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.

    Proverbs 21:26

    • וְצַדִּ֥יקvetzadikconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and a righteous
  • The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

    Proverbs 23:24

    • צַדִּ֑יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.

    Proverbs 24:15

    • צַדִּ֑יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.

    Proverbs 24:16

    • צַדִּ֣יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”—peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;

    Proverbs 24:24

    • צַדִּ֪יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.

    Proverbs 25:26

    • צַ֝דִּ֗יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

    Proverbs 28:1

    • וְ֝צַדִּיקִ֗יםvetzadikimconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and righteous
  • When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

    Proverbs 28:12

    • צַ֭דִּיקִיםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • When the wicked come to power, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous flourish.

    Proverbs 28:28

    • צַדִּיקִֽים׃tzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

    Proverbs 29:2

    • צַ֭דִּיקִיםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.

    Proverbs 29:6

    • וְ֝צַדִּ֗יקvetzadikconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and a righteous
  • The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.

    Proverbs 29:7

    • צַ֭דִּיקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • When the wicked thrive, rebellion increases; but the righteous will see their downfall.

    Proverbs 29:16

    • וְ֝צַדִּיקִ֗יםvetzadikimconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and righteous
  • An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.

    Proverbs 29:27

    • צַ֭דִּיקִיםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous

Ecclesiastes

eight uses
  • 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 3:17

    • הַצַּדִּיק֙hatzadikthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the righteous
  • 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 7:15

    • צַדִּיק֙tzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

    Ecclesiastes 7:16

    • צַדִּיק֙tzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

    Ecclesiastes 7:20

    • צַדִּ֖יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • 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 8:14

    • צַדִּיקִ֗יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
    • הַצַּדִּיקִ֑יםhatzadikimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the righteous
  • 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 9:1

    • הַצַּדִּיקִ֧יםhatzadikimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the righteous
  • 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.

    Ecclesiastes 9:2

    • לַצַּדִּ֤יקlatzadikpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: to the righteous

Isaiah

fourteen uses
  • Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.

    Isaiah 3:10

    • צַדִּ֖יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.

    Isaiah 5:23

    • צַדִּיקִ֖יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • 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 24:16

    • לַצַּדִּ֔יקlatzadikpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: to the righteous
  • Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter—one that remains faithful.

    Isaiah 26:2

    • צַדִּ֖יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.

    Isaiah 26:7

    • לַצַּדִּ֖יקlatzadikpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: of the righteous
    • צַדִּ֖יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • 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 29:21

    • צַדִּֽיק׃ סtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • 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 41:26

    • צַדִּ֑יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: correct
  • 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 45:21

    • צַדִּ֣יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?

    Isaiah 49:24

    • צַדִּ֖יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • 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 53:11

    • צַדִּ֛יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.

    Isaiah 57:1

    • הַצַּדִּ֣יקhatzadikthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the righteous
    • הַצַּדִּֽיק׃hatzadikthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the righteous
  • 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.

    Isaiah 60:21

    • צַדִּיקִ֔יםtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous

Jeremiah

three uses
  • 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 12:1

    • צַדִּ֤יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • 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 20:12

    • צַדִּ֔יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • 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.

    Jeremiah 23:5

    • צַדִּ֑יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous

Lamentations

two uses
  • The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.

    Lamentations 1:18

    • צַדִּ֥יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • 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.

    Lamentations 4:13

    • צַדִּיקִֽים׃ סtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous

Ezekiel

sixteen uses
  • 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 3:20

    • צַדִּ֤יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • 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 3:21

    • צַדִּ֗יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
    • צַדִּ֖יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • 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 13:22

    • צַדִּיק֙tzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:

    Ezekiel 18:5

    • צַדִּ֑יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.

    Ezekiel 18:9

    • צַדִּ֥יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • 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 18:20

    • הַצַּדִּיק֙hatzadikthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the righteous
  • 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.

    Ezekiel 18:24

    • צַדִּ֤יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, he will die for this. He will die because of the iniquity he has committed.

    Ezekiel 18:26

    • צַדִּ֧יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.

    Ezekiel 21:3

    • צַדִּ֥יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • Because I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.

    Ezekiel 21:4

    • צַדִּ֣יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • But righteous men will sentence them to the punishment of those who commit adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses with blood on their hands.

    Ezekiel 23:45

    • צַדִּיקִ֗םtzadikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: righteous
  • Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.’

    Ezekiel 33:12

    • הַצַּדִּ֗יקhatzadikthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the righteous
    • וְצַדִּ֗יקvetzadikconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and a righteous
  • If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because of the iniquity he has committed.

    Ezekiel 33:13

    • לַצַּדִּיק֙latzadikpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: to the righteous
  • If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.

    Ezekiel 33:18

    • צַדִּ֥יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous

Daniel

one use
  • Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.

    Daniel 9:14

    • צַדִּ֞יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous

Hosea

one use
  • Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.

    Hosea 14:9

    • וְצַדִּקִים֙vetzadikimconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and righteous

Amos

two uses
  • This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.

    Amos 2:6

    • צַדִּ֔יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous
  • For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.

    Amos 5:12

    • צַדִּיק֙tzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous

Habakkuk

three uses
  • Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

    Habakkuk 1:4

    • הַצַּדִּ֔יקhatzadikthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the righteous
  • Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

    Habakkuk 1:13

    • צַדִּ֥יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous
  • Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—

    Habakkuk 2:4

    • וְצַדִּ֖יקvetzadikconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and righteous

Zephaniah

one use
  • The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.

    Zephaniah 3:5

    • צַדִּיק֙tzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous

Zechariah

one use
  • Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

    Zechariah 9:9

    • צַדִּ֥יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: righteous

Malachi

one use
  • So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”

    Malachi 3:18

    • צַדִּ֖יקtzadikadjective · masculine singulartagged: a righteous

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