Lexicon :: Strong's H6664 - ṣeḏeq

I will praise you with an upright heart

when I learn your righteous judgments.

May your priests be clothed with righteousness,

and may your faithful people shout for joy.

for receiving prudent instruction

in righteousness, justice, and integrity;

Then you will understand righteousness, justice,

and integrity ​— ​every good path.

“All the words from my mouth are righteous;

none of them are deceptive or perverse.

Whoever speaks the truth declares what is right,

but a false witness speaks deceit.

Righteous lips are a king’s delight,

and he loves one who speaks honestly.

Remove the wicked from the king’s presence,

and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Speak up, judge righteously,

and defend the cause of the oppressed and needy.

I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.

If you see oppression of the poor and perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, don’t be astonished at the situation, because one official protects another official, and higher officials protect them.

In my futile life[fn] I have seen everything: someone righteous perishes in spite of his righteousness, and someone wicked lives long in spite of his evil.

The faithful town —

what an adulteress[fn] she has become!

She was once full of justice.

Righteousness once dwelt in her,

but now, murderers!

but he will judge the poor righteously

and execute justice for the oppressed of the land.

He will strike the land

with a scepter[fn] from his mouth,

and he will kill the wicked

with a command[fn] from his lips.

a throne will be established in love,

and one will sit on it faithfully[fn]

in the tent of David,

judging and pursuing what is right,

quick to execute justice.

I long for you in the night;

yes, my spirit within me diligently seeks you,

for when your judgments are in the land,

the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

Indeed, a king will reign righteously,

and rulers will rule justly.

“Who has stirred up someone from the east?

In righteousness he calls him to serve.[fn][fn]

The LORD hands nations over to him,

and he subdues kings.

He makes them like dust with his sword,

like wind-driven stubble with his bow.

“I am the LORD. I have called you

for a righteous purpose,[fn]

and I will hold you by your hand.

I will watch over you, and I will appoint you

to be a covenant for the people

and a light to the nations,

“Heavens, sprinkle from above,

and let the skies shower righteousness.

Let the earth open up

so that salvation will sprout

and righteousness will spring up with it.

I, the LORD, have created it.

Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,

you who seek the LORD:

Look to the rock from which you were cut,

and to the quarry from which you were dug.

“They seek me day after day

and delight to know my ways,

like a nation that does what is right

and does not abandon the justice of their God.

They ask me for righteous judgments;

they delight in the nearness of God.”

No one makes claims justly;

no one pleads honestly.

They trust in empty and worthless words;

they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.

to provide for those who mourn in Zion;

to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,

festive oil instead of mourning,

and splendid clothes instead of despair.[fn]

And they will be called righteous trees,

planted by the LORD

to glorify him.

I will not keep silent because of Zion,

and I will not keep still because of Jerusalem,

until her righteousness shines like a bright light

and her salvation, like a flaming torch.

You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right;

they remember you in your ways.

But we have sinned, and you were angry.

How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?[fn]