Theme: JUSTIFYWord: tsedeqMeaning:(tseh'-dek)
Hebrew noun
Strongs number 06664
Number of verses: 109
1) justice, rightness, righteousness
a) what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures)
b) righteousness (in government)c) righteousness, justice (in case or cause)1) of judges, rulers, kings
2) of law
3) of Davidic king, Messiah
4) of Jerusalem as seat of just government
5) of God's attribute
d) rightness (in speech)
e) righteousness (as ethically right)
f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity1) of God as covenant-keeping in redemption
2) in name of Messianic king
3) of people enjoying salvation
4) of Cyrus
Lev 19:15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: [but] in righteousness (tsedeq) shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Lev 19:36 Just (tsedeq) balances, just (tsedeq) weights, a just (tsedeq) ephah, and a just (tsedeq) hin, shall ye have: I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Deu 1:16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously (tsedeq) between [every] man and his brother, and the stranger [that is] with him.
Deu 16:18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just (tsedeq) judgment.
Deu 16:20 That which is altogether (tsedeq) just (tsedeq) shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Deu 25:15 [But] thou shalt have a perfect and just (tsedeq) weight, a perfect and just (tsedeq) measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Deu 33:19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness (tsedeq): for they shall suck [of] the abundance of the seas, and [of] treasures hid in the sand.
Job 6:29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness (tsedeq) [is] in it.
Job 8:3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice (tsedeq)?
Job 8:6 If thou [wert] pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness (tsedeq) prosperous.
Job 29:14 I put on righteousness (tsedeq), and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.
Job 31:6 Let me be weighed in an even (tsedeq) balance, that God may know mine integrity.
Job 35:2 Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness (tsedeq) [is] more than God's?
Job 36:3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness (tsedeq) to my Maker.
Psa 4:1 [[To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.]] Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness (tsedeq): thou hast enlarged me [when I was] in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Psa 4:5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness (tsedeq), and put your trust in the LORD.
Psa 7:8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness (tsedeq), and according to mine integrity [that is] in me.
Psa 7:17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness (tsedeq): and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
Psa 9:4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right (tsedeq).
Psa 9:8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness (tsedeq), he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
Psa 15:2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness (tsedeq), and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Psa 17:1 [[A Prayer of David.]] Hear the right (tsedeq), O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, [that goeth] not out of feigned lips.
Psa 17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness (tsedeq): I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Psa 18:20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness (tsedeq); according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Psa 18:24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness (tsedeq), according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
Psa 23:3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness (tsedeq) for his name's sake.
Psa 35:24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness (tsedeq); and let them not rejoice over me.
Psa 35:27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause (tsedeq): yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
Psa 35:28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness (tsedeq) [and] of thy praise all the day long.
Psa 37:6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness (tsedeq) as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
Psa 40:9 I have preached righteousness (tsedeq) in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
Psa 45:4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness [and] righteousness (tsedeq); and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
Psa 45:7 Thou lovest righteousness (tsedeq), and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Psa 48:10 According to thy name, O God, so [is] thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness (tsedeq).
Psa 50:6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness (tsedeq): for God [is] judge himself. Selah.
Psa 51:19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness (tsedeq), with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
Psa 52:3 Thou lovest evil more than good; [and] lying rather than to speak righteousness (tsedeq). Selah.
Psa 58:1 [[To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David.]] Do ye indeed speak righteousness (tsedeq), O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Psa 65:5 [By] terrible things in righteousness (tsedeq) wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; [who art] the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off [upon] the sea:
Psa 72:2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness (tsedeq), and thy poor with judgment.
Psa 85:10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness (tsedeq) and peace have kissed [each other].
Psa 85:11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness (tsedeq) shall look down from heaven.
Psa 85:13 Righteousness (tsedeq) shall go before him; and shall set [us] in the way of his steps.
Psa 89:14 Justice (tsedeq) and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
Psa 94:15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness (tsedeq): and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
Psa 96:13 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness (tsedeq), and the people with his truth.
Psa 97:2 Clouds and darkness [are] round about him: righteousness (tsedeq) and judgment [are] the habitation of his throne.
Psa 97:6 The heavens declare his righteousness (tsedeq), and all the people see his glory.
Psa 98:9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness (tsedeq) shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
Psa 118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness (tsedeq): I will go into them, [and] I will praise the LORD:
Psa 119:7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous (tsedeq) judgments.
Psa 119:62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous (tsedeq) judgments.
Psa 119:75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments [are] right (tsedeq), and [that] thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
Psa 119:106 I have sworn, and I will perform [it], that I will keep thy righteous (tsedeq) judgments.
Psa 119:121 AIN. I have done judgment and justice (tsedeq): leave me not to mine oppressors.
Psa 119:123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness (tsedeq).
Psa 119:138 Thy testimonies [that] thou hast commanded [are] righteous (tsedeq) and very faithful.
Psa 119:142 Thy righteousness [is] an everlasting righteousness (tsedeq), and thy law [is] the truth.
Psa 119:144 The righteousness (tsedeq) of thy testimonies [is] everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
Psa 119:160 Thy word [is] true [from] the beginning: and every one of thy righteous (tsedeq) judgments [endureth] for ever.
Psa 119:164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous (tsedeq) judgments.
Psa 119:172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments [are] righteousness (tsedeq).
Psa 132:9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness (tsedeq); and let thy saints shout for joy.
Pro 1:3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice (tsedeq), and judgment, and equity;
Pro 2:9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness (tsedeq), and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path.
Pro 8:8 All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness (tsedeq); [there is] nothing froward or perverse in them.
Pro 8:15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice (tsedeq).
Pro 12:17 [He that] speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness (tsedeq): but a false witness deceit.
Pro 16:13 Righteous (tsedeq) lips [are] the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
Pro 25:5 Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness (tsedeq).
Pro 31:9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously (tsedeq), and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Ecc 3:16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness (tsedeq), [that] iniquity [was] there.
Ecc 5:8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice (tsedeq) in a province, marvel not at the matter: for [he that is] higher than the highest regardeth; and [there be] higher than they.
Ecc 7:15 All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness (tsedeq), and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.
Isa 1:21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness (tsedeq) lodged in it; but now murderers.
Isa 1:26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness (tsedeq), the faithful city.
Isa 11:4 But with righteousness (tsedeq) shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Isa 11:5 And righteousness (tsedeq) shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
Isa 16:5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness (tsedeq).
Isa 26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments [are] in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness (tsedeq).
Isa 26:10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, [yet] will he not learn righteousness (tsedeq): in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
Isa 32:1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness (tsedeq), and princes shall rule in judgment.
Isa 41:2 Who raised up the righteous (tsedeq) [man] from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made [him] rule over kings? he gave [them] as the dust to his sword, [and] as driven stubble to his bow.
Isa 41:10 Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness (tsedeq).
Isa 42:6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness (tsedeq), and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
Isa 42:21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness (tsedeq) ' sake; he will magnify the law, and make [it] honourable.
Isa 45:8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness (tsedeq): let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
Isa 45:13 I have raised him up in righteousness (tsedeq), and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
Isa 45:19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness (tsedeq), I declare things that are right.
Isa 51:1 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness (tsedeq), ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock [whence] ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit [whence] ye are digged.
Isa 51:5 My righteousness (tsedeq) [is] near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
Isa 51:7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness (tsedeq), the people in whose heart [is] my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
Isa 58:2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice (tsedeq); they take delight in approaching to God.
Isa 58:8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness (tsedeq) shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
Isa 59:4 None calleth for justice (tsedeq), nor [any] pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Isa 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness (tsedeq), the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Isa 62:1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness (tsedeq) thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp [that] burneth.
Isa 62:2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness (tsedeq), and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
Isa 64:5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness (tsedeq), [those that] remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
Jer 11:20 But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously (tsedeq), that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
Jer 22:13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness (tsedeq), and his chambers by wrong; [that] useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
Jer 31:23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice (tsedeq), [and] mountain of holiness.
Jer 50:7 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice (tsedeq), even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
Eze 3:20 Again, When a righteous [man] doth turn from his righteousness (tsedeq), and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Eze 45:10 Ye shall have just (tsedeq) balances, and a just (tsedeq) ephah, and a just (tsedeq) bath.
Dan 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness (tsedeq), and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Hosea 2:19 nd I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness (tsedeq), and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
Hosea 10:12 ow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for [it is] time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness (tsedeq) upon you.
Zep 2:3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness (tsedeq), seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
Prepared by William C. Barman for George Young Memorial United Methodist Church -- Palm Harbor, FL on 9/26/03; 1:42:10 PM