Strong's Hebrew · H6666

צְדָקָה

tsᵉdâqâh · tsed-aw-kaw'

justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).

Definition

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

Derivation

from H6663 (צָדַק);

Appears 157 times in Scripture

Psalms 22:31

They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn—all that He has done.

Isaiah 32:16

Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.

Malachi 4:2

“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.

Genesis 15:6

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

Psalms 71:16

I will come in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours alone.

Genesis 30:33

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.”

Psalms 40:10

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.

Malachi 3:3

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.

Genesis 18:19

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.”

Proverbs 13:6

Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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