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Hebrew noun (feminine) · H6666

צְדָקָה

tsedaqahtsed-aw-kaw'

righteousness

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

Concordance spelling: tsᵉdâqâh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6666is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 22 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 85
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H6666

rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

The King James renders it: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).

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

tsedaqah is rendered "righteousness". It stands 157 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-two books.

  • Thirty-six of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 15:6Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
  • The Greek text spells it eighty-five different ways.

The first use

Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

Genesis 15:6צְדָקָֽה׃

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

  • and righteousness30
  • righteousness29
  • in righteousness your9
  • righteousness your9
  • and righteousness your6
  • righteousness his6
  • in righteousness5
  • righteousness of5
  • and in righteousness4
  • righteousnesses of4
  • and righteousness his3
  • and righteousness my3

and 26 more, 157 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.

צְדָאtsedaintendedUses1

All 157, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

85 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

  • וּצְדָקָ֖ה12
  • וּצְדָקָֽה׃6
  • צְדָקָ֣ה6
  • צְדָקָ֥ה5
  • בִּצְדָקָֽה׃4
  • וּ֝צְדָקָ֗ה4
  • וּצְדָקָ֑ה3
  • וְ֝צִדְקָת֗וֹ3
  • וְצִדְקָתְךָ֥3
  • צְדָקָ֖ה3
  • צְדָקָ֔ה3
  • צְ֝דָקָ֗ה3

and 73 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular31HC/Ncfsa
  • noun · feminine singular30HNcfsa
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular14HR/Ncfsa
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular9HR/Ncfsc/Sp2ms
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular8HNcfsc/Sp2ms
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular7HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular6HC/Ncfsc/Sp2ms
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular6HNcfsc/Sp3ms
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)5HNcfsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular4HC/R/Ncfsa
  • noun · feminine plural4HNcfpa

Genesis

three uses
  • Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

    Genesis 15:6

    • צְדָקָֽה׃tzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
  • For 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 18:19

    • צְדָקָ֖הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
  • So 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.”

    Genesis 30:33

    • צִדְקָתִי֙tzidkatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: righteousness my

Deuteronomy

six uses
  • And 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 6:25

    • וּצְדָקָ֖הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • When 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 9:4

    • בְּצִדְקָתִי֙betzidkatipreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in righteousness my
  • It 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 9:5

    • בְצִדְקָתְךָ֗vetzidkatechapreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: in righteousness your
  • Understand, 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 9:6

    • בְצִדְקָֽתְךָ֙vetzidkatechapreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: in righteousness your
  • be 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 24:13

    • צְדָקָ֔הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
  • He 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.”

    Deuteronomy 33:21

    • צִדְקַ֤תtzidkatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: righteousness of

Judges

two uses
  • the 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:

    Judges 5:11

    • צִדְק֣וֹתtzidkotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: righteousnesses of
    • צִדְקֹ֥תtzidkotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: righteousnesses of

1 Samuel

two uses
  • Now 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 12:7

    • צִדְק֣וֹתtzidkotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: righteousnesses of
  • May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed.

    1 Samuel 26:23

    • צִדְקָת֖וֹtzidkatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness his

2 Samuel

four uses
  • Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:

    2 Samuel 8:15

    • וּצְדָקָ֖הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • For 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 19:28

    • צְדָקָ֔הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
  • The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

    2 Samuel 22:21

    • כְּצִדְקָתִ֑יketzidkatipreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: according to righteousness my
  • So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.

    2 Samuel 22:25

    • כְּצִדְקָתִ֑יketzidkatipreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: according to righteousness my

1 Kings

three uses
  • Solomon 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 3:6

    • וּבִצְדָקָ֛הuvitzdakahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and in righteousness
  • 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

    • כְּצִדְקָתֽוֹ׃ סketzidkatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: according to righteousness his
  • 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 Kings 10:9

    • וּצְדָקָֽה׃utzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness

1 Chronicles

one use
  • Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:

    1 Chronicles 18:14

    • וּצְדָקָ֖הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness

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

    • כְּצִדְקָתֽוֹ׃ סketzidkatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: according to righteousness his
  • 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.”

    2 Chronicles 9:8

    • וּצְדָקָֽה׃utzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness

Nehemiah

one use
  • So 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.”

    Nehemiah 2:20

    • וּצְדָקָ֛הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a right

Job

four uses
  • I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.

    Job 27:6

    • בְּצִדְקָתִ֣יbetzidkatipreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: on righteousness my
  • 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 33:26

    • צִדְקָתֽוֹ׃tzidkatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness his
  • Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.

    Job 35:8

    • צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃tzidkatechanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness your
  • The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.

    Job 37:23

    • צְ֝דָקָ֗הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness

Psalms

thirty-four uses
  • Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.

    Psalms 5:8

    • בְצִדְקָתֶ֗ךָvetzidkatechapreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: in righteousness your
  • For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.

    Psalms 11:7

    • צְדָק֣וֹתtzedakotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: righteousnesses
  • They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn— all that He has done.

    Psalms 22:31

    • צִדְקָת֑וֹtzidkatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness his
  • He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from the God of his salvation.

    Psalms 24:5

    • וּ֝צְדָקָ֗הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.

    Psalms 31:1

    • בְּצִדְקָתְךָ֥betzidkatechapreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: in righteousness your
  • The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion.

    Psalms 33:5

    • צְדָקָ֣הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.

    Psalms 36:6

    • צִדְקָֽתְךָ֨׀tzidkatechanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness your
  • Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.

    Psalms 36:10

    • וְ֝צִדְקָֽתְךָ֗vetzidkatechaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and righteousness your
  • I 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.

    Psalms 40:10

    • צִדְקָתְךָ֬tzidkatechanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness your
  • Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.

    Psalms 51:14

    • צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃tzidkatechanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness your
  • Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.

    Psalms 69:27

    • בְּצִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃betzidkatechapreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: in righteousness your
  • In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.

    Psalms 71:2

    • בְּצִדְקָתְךָ֗betzidkatechapreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: in righteousness your
  • My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.

    Psalms 71:15

    • צִדְקָתֶ֗ךָtzidkatechanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness your
  • I will enter in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours alone.

    Psalms 71:16

    • צִדְקָתְךָ֣tzidkatechanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness your
  • Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?

    Psalms 71:19

    • וְצִדְקָתְךָ֥vetzidkatechaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and righteousness your
  • My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.

    Psalms 71:24

    • צִדְקָתֶ֑ךָtzidkatechanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness your
  • Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.

    Psalms 72:1

    • וְצִדְקָתְךָ֥vetzidkatechaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and righteousness your
  • May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.

    Psalms 72:3

    • בִּצְדָקָֽה׃bitzdakahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in righteousness
  • Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

    Psalms 88:12

    • וְ֝צִדְקָתְךָ֗vetzidkatechaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and righteousness your
  • They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.

    Psalms 89:16

    • וּבְצִדְקָתְךָ֥uvetzidkatechaconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and in righteousness your
  • The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.

    Psalms 98:2

    • צִדְקָתֽוֹ׃tzidkatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness his
  • The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.

    Psalms 99:4

    • וּ֝צְדָקָ֗הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.

    Psalms 103:6

    • צְדָק֣וֹתtzedakotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: of righteousnesses
  • But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—

    Psalms 103:17

    • וְ֝צִדְקָת֗וֹvetzidkatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and righteousness his
  • Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.

    Psalms 106:3

    • צְדָקָ֣הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: of righteousness
  • It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.

    Psalms 106:31

    • לִצְדָקָ֑הlitzdakahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: to righteousness
  • Splendid and majestic is His work; His righteousness endures forever.

    Psalms 111:3

    • וְ֝צִדְקָת֗וֹvetzidkatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and righteousness his
  • Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.

    Psalms 112:3

    • וְ֝צִדְקָת֗וֹvetzidkatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and righteousness his
  • He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.

    Psalms 112:9

    • צִ֭דְקָתוֹtzidkatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness his
  • How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.

    Psalms 119:40

    • בְּצִדְקָתְךָ֥betzidkatechapreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: in righteousness your
  • Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.

    Psalms 119:142

    • צִדְקָתְךָ֣tzidkatechanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness your
  • O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.

    Psalms 143:1

    • בְּצִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃betzidkatechapreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: in righteousness your
  • For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.

    Psalms 143:11

    • בְּצִדְקָתְךָ֓׀betzidkatechapreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: in righteousness your
  • They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.

    Psalms 145:7

    • וְצִדְקָתְךָ֥vetzidkatechaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and righteousness your

Proverbs

eighteen uses
  • With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and righteousness.

    Proverbs 8:18

    • וּצְדָקָֽה׃utzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,

    Proverbs 8:20

    • צְדָקָ֥הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

    Proverbs 10:2

    • וּ֝צְדָקָ֗הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

    Proverbs 11:4

    • וּ֝צְדָקָ֗הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

    Proverbs 11:5

    • צִדְקַ֣תtzidkatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: righteousness of
  • The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.

    Proverbs 11:6

    • צִדְקַ֣תtzidkatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: righteousness of
  • The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.

    Proverbs 11:18

    • צְ֝דָקָ֗הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.

    Proverbs 11:19

    • צְדָקָ֥הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
  • There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.

    Proverbs 12:28

    • צְדָקָ֥הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.

    Proverbs 13:6

    • צְ֭דָקָהtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

    Proverbs 14:34

    • צְדָקָ֥הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
  • The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.

    Proverbs 15:9

    • צְדָקָ֣הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.

    Proverbs 16:8

    • בִּצְדָקָ֑הbitzdakahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with righteousness
  • Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.

    Proverbs 16:12

    • בִ֝צְדָקָ֗הvitzdakahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: by righteousness
  • Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.

    Proverbs 16:31

    • צְ֝דָקָ֗הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
  • To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.

    Proverbs 21:3

    • צְדָקָ֣הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
  • He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.

    Proverbs 21:21

    • צְדָקָ֣הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
    • צְדָקָ֥הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness

Isaiah

thirty-six uses
  • Zion will be redeemed with justice, her repentant ones with righteousness.

    Isaiah 1:27

    • בִּצְדָקָֽה׃bitzdakahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with righteousness
  • For 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 5:7

    • לִצְדָקָ֖הlitzdakahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: for righteousness
  • But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.

    Isaiah 5:16

    • בִּצְדָקָֽה׃bitzdakahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: by righteousness
  • who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.

    Isaiah 5:23

    • וְצִדְקַ֥תvetzidkatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and righteousness of
  • Of 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 9:7

    • וּבִצְדָקָ֑הuvitzdakahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and in righteousness
  • 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 10:22

    • צְדָקָֽה׃tzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
  • I 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 28:17

    • וּצְדָקָ֖הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.

    Isaiah 32:16

    • וּצְדָקָ֖הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.

    Isaiah 32:17

    • הַצְּדָקָ֖הhatzedakahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the righteousness
    • הַצְּדָקָ֔הhatzedakahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the righteousness
  • The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

    Isaiah 33:5

    • וּצְדָקָֽה׃utzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • He 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 33:15

    • צְדָק֔וֹתtzedakotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: righteousnesses
  • Drip 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 45:8

    • וּצְדָקָ֤הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • By 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 45:23

    • צְדָקָ֛הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Surely 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 45:24

    • צְדָק֣וֹתtzedakotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: righteousnesses
  • Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:

    Isaiah 46:12

    • מִצְּדָקָֽה׃mitzedakahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from righteousness
  • I 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 46:13

    • צִדְקָתִי֙tzidkatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: righteousness my
  • “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 48:1

    • בִצְדָקָֽה׃vitzdakahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in righteousness
  • If 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 48:18

    • וְצִדְקָתְךָ֖vetzidkatechaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and righteousness your
  • Lift 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 51:6

    • וְצִדְקָתִ֖יvetzidkaticonjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and righteousness my
  • For 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 51:8

    • וְצִדְקָתִי֙vetzidkaticonjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and righteousness my
  • In 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 54:14

    • בִּצְדָקָ֖הbitzdakahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in righteousness
  • No 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 54:17

    • וְצִדְקָתָ֛םvetzidkatamconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and righteousness their
  • This 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 56:1

    • צְדָקָ֑הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
    • וְצִדְקָתִ֖יvetzidkaticonjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and righteousness my
  • I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you.

    Isaiah 57:12

    • צִדְקָתֵ֑ךְtzidkatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: righteousness your
  • For 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 58:2

    • צְדָקָ֣הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Therefore 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 59:9

    • צְדָקָ֑הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
  • So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

    Isaiah 59:14

    • וּצְדָקָ֖הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • He 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 59:16

    • וְצִדְקָת֖וֹvetzidkatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and own righteousness his
  • He 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 59:17

    • צְדָקָה֙tzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
  • 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 60:17

    • צְדָקָֽה׃tzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
  • I 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 61:10

    • צְדָקָ֖הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
  • For 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 61:11

    • צְדָקָה֙tzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
  • Who 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 63:1

    • בִּצְדָקָ֖הbitzdakahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in righteousness
  • Each 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.

    Isaiah 64:6

    • צִדְקֹתֵ֑ינוּtzidkoteinunoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: righteousnesses our

Jeremiah

eight uses
  • and 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 4:2

    • וּבִצְדָקָ֑הuvitzdakahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and in righteousness
  • But 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 9:24

    • וּצְדָקָ֖הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • This 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 22:3

    • וּצְדָקָ֔הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • Does 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 22:15

    • וּצְדָקָ֔הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • 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

    • וּצְדָקָ֖הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • In 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 33:15

    • צְדָקָ֑הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness
    • וּצְדָקָ֖הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • “The LORD has brought forth our vindication; come, let us tell in Zion what the LORD our God has accomplished.”

    Jeremiah 51:10

    • צִדְקֹתֵ֑ינוּtzidkoteinunoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: righteousnesses our

Ezekiel

twenty 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

    • צִדְקֹתָיו֙tzidkotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: righteousnesses his
  • then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.

    Ezekiel 14:14

    • בְצִדְקָתָם֙vetzidkatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: by righteousness their
  • then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.

    Ezekiel 14:20

    • בְצִדְקָתָ֖םvetzidkatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: by righteousness their
  • Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:

    Ezekiel 18:5

    • וּצְדָקָֽה׃utzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • Yet you may ask, ‘Why shouldn’t the son bear the iniquity of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all My statutes, he will surely live.

    Ezekiel 18:19

    • וּצְדָקָ֣הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • 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

    • צִדְקַ֤תtzidkatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: righteousness of
  • But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.

    Ezekiel 18:21

    • וּצְדָקָ֑הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live.

    Ezekiel 18:22

    • בְּצִדְקָת֥וֹbetzidkatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: for righteousness his
  • 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

    • מִצִּדְקָתוֹ֙mitzidkatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: from righteousness his
    • צִדְקֹתָ֤יוtzidkatovnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: righteousnesses his
  • 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

    • מִצִּדְקָת֛וֹmitzidkatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: from righteousness his
  • But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.

    Ezekiel 18:27

    • וּצְדָקָ֑הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • 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

    • צִדְקַ֣תtzidkatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: righteousness of
  • 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

    • צִדְקָת֖וֹtzidkatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: righteousness his
    • צִדְקֹתָיו֙tzidkatovnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: righteousnesses his
  • But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right—

    Ezekiel 33:14

    • וּצְדָקָֽה׃utzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • None of the sins he has committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will surely live.

    Ezekiel 33:16

    • וּצְדָקָ֛הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.

    Ezekiel 33:18

    • מִצִּדְקָת֖וֹmitzidkatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: from righteousness his
  • But if a wicked man turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this.

    Ezekiel 33:19

    • וּצְדָקָ֑הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’

    Ezekiel 45:9

    • וּצְדָקָ֖הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness

Daniel

three uses
  • To 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 9:7

    • הַצְּדָקָ֔הhatzedakahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the righteousness
  • O 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 9:16

    • צִדְקֹתֶ֙ךָ֙tzidkotechanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: righteousnesses your
  • Incline 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.

    Daniel 9:18

    • צִדְקֹתֵ֗ינוּtzidkoteinunoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: righteousnesses our

Hosea

one use
  • Sow 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.

    Hosea 10:12

    • לִצְדָקָה֙litzdakahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: to righteousness

Joel

one use
  • Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.

    Joel 2:23

    • לִצְדָקָ֑הlitzdakahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: for righteousness

Amos

three uses
  • There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.

    Amos 5:7

    • וּצְדָקָ֖הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

    Amos 5:24

    • וּצְדָקָ֖הutzedakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and righteousness
  • “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—

    Amos 6:12

    • צְדָקָ֖הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness

Micah

two uses
  • My 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 6:5

    • צִדְק֥וֹתtzidkotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: righteousnesses of
  • 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.

    Micah 7:9

    • בְּצִדְקָתֽוֹ׃betzidkatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: on righteousness his

Zechariah

one use
  • I will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”

    Zechariah 8:8

    • וּבִצְדָקָֽה׃ סuvitzdakahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and in righteousness

Malachi

two uses
  • 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 3:3

    • בִּצְדָקָֽה׃bitzdakahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in righteousness
  • “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.

    Malachi 4:2

    • צְדָקָ֔הtzedakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: righteousness

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