Lexicon :: Strong's H6664 - ṣeḏeq

‘You shall not do injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor show a preference for the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

“Then I commanded your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the matters between your brothers [your fellow countrymen], and judge righteously and fairly between a man and his brother, or the stranger (resident alien, foreigner) who is with him.

“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your cities (gates) which the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

“They will call the peoples to the mountain (Mount Carmel);

There they will offer sacrifices of righteousness;

For they will draw out the abundance of the seas,

And the hidden treasures of the sand.”

“Turn away [from your suspicion], let there be no injustice;

Turn away, my righteousness and vindication is still in it.

“Does God pervert justice?

Or does [fn]the Almighty pervert righteousness?

Then, if you are pure and upright,

Surely now He will awaken for you

And restore your righteous place.

“I put on [fn]righteousness, and it clothed me;

My justice was like a robe and a turban!

Oh, let Him weigh me with accurate scales,

And let God know my integrity.

“Do you think this is according to [your] justice?

Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?

“I will bring my knowledge from afar,

And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

To the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!

You have freed me when I was hemmed in and relieved me when I was in distress;

Be gracious to me and hear [and respond to] my prayer.

Offer righteous sacrifices;

Trust [confidently] in the LORD.

The LORD judges the peoples;

Judge me, O LORD, and grant me justice according to my righteousness and according to the integrity within me.

I will give thanks to the LORD according to His righteousness and justice,

And I will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

For You have maintained my right and my cause;

You have sat on the throne judging righteously.

And He will judge the world in righteousness;

He will execute judgment for the nations with fairness (equity).

He who walks with integrity and strength of character, and works righteousness,

And speaks and holds truth in his heart.

A Prayer of David.

Hear the just (righteous) cause, O LORD; listen to my loud [piercing] cry;

Listen to my prayer, that comes from guileless lips.

As for me, I shall see Your face in righteousness;

I will be [fully] satisfied when I awake [to find myself] seeing Your likeness.

The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness (moral character, spiritual integrity);

According to the cleanness of my hands He has rewarded me.

Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness (moral character, spiritual integrity),

According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

He refreshes and restores my soul (life);

He leads me in the paths of righteousness

for His name’s sake.

Judge me, O LORD my God, according to Your righteousness and justice;

And do not let them rejoice over me.

Let them shout for joy and rejoice, who favor my vindication and want what is right for me;

Let them say continually, “Let the LORD be magnified, who delights and takes pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.”

He will make your righteousness [your pursuit of right standing with God] like the light,

And your judgment like [the shining of] the noonday [sun].

I have proclaimed good news of righteousness [and the joy that comes from obedience to You] in the great assembly;

Behold, I will not restrain my lips [from proclaiming Your righteousness],

As You know, O LORD.

And in Your majesty ride on triumphantly

For the cause of truth and humility and righteousness;

Let Your right hand guide You to awesome things.

You have loved righteousness (virtue, morality, justice) and hated wickedness;

Therefore God, your God, has anointed You

Above Your companions with the oil of jubilation.

As is Your name, O God,

So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;

Your right hand is full of righteousness (rightness, justice).

And the heavens declare His righteousness,

For God Himself is judge. Selah.

Then will You delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,

In burnt offering and whole burnt offering;

Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.

You love evil more than good,

And falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.

To the Chief Musician; set to [the tune of] “Do Not Destroy.” A Mikhtam of David. [A record of memorable thoughts of David].

Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods (heavenly beings)?

Do you judge fairly, O sons of men?

By awesome and wondrous things You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation,

You who are the trust and hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea;

May he judge Your people with righteousness,

And Your afflicted with justice.

Steadfast love and truth and faithfulness meet together;

Righteousness and peace kiss each other.

Righteousness will go before Him

And will make His footsteps into a way [in which to walk].

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;

Lovingkindness and truth go before You.

For judgment will again be righteous,

And all the upright in heart will follow it.

Before the LORD, for He is coming,

For He is coming to judge the earth.

He will judge the world with righteousness

And the peoples in His faithfulness.

Clouds and thick darkness surround Him [as at Sinai];

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

The heavens declare His righteousness,

And all the peoples see His glory and brilliance.

Before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth;

He will judge the world with righteousness

And the peoples with fairness.

Open to me the [temple] gates of righteousness;

I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to the LORD.