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Lexicon :: Strong's H6666 - ṣᵊḏāqâ

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צְדָקָה
Transliteration
ṣᵊḏāqâ
Pronunciation
tsed-aw-kaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1879b

Strong’s Definitions

צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh, tsed-aw-kaw'; from H6663; rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity):—justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 157x

The KJV translates Strong's H6666 in the following manner: righteousness (128x), justice (15x), right (9x), righteous acts (3x), moderately (1x), righteously (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 157x
The KJV translates Strong's H6666 in the following manner: righteousness (128x), justice (15x), right (9x), righteous acts (3x), moderately (1x), righteously (1x).

  1. justice, righteousness

    1. righteousness (in government)

      1. of judge, ruler, king

      2. of law

      3. of Davidic king Messiah

    2. righteousness (of God's attribute)

    3. righteousness (in a case or cause)

    4. righteousness, truthfulness

    5. righteousness (as ethically right)

    6. righteousness (as vindicated), justification, salvation

      1. of God

      2. prosperity (of people)

    7. righteous acts

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh, tsed-aw-kaw'; from H6663; rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity):—justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
STRONGS H6666: Abbreviations
צְדָקָה 157 noun feminine righteousness; — absolute צ׳ Genesis 15:6 + 81 times; construct צִדְקַת Deuteronomy 33:21 +5 times; suffix צִדְקָתִי Genesis 30:33 +, etc.; plural צְדָקוֺת Isaiah 33:15 + 3 times; construct צִדְקוֺת Judges 5:11+; suffix צִדְקֹתֶיךָ Daniel 9:16, etc.; —
1. righteousness, in government:
a. of judge, ruler, king: || משׁפט Isaiah 5:7; Isaiah 9:6; Amos 5:7; Amos 6:12; משׁפט וצ׳ 2 Samuel 8:15, עשׂה David executed justice and righteousness = 1 Chronicles 18:14, compare 1 Kings 10:9 2 Chronicles 9:8; Jeremiah 22:3, 15; Jeremiah 33:15; Ezekiel 45:9; יִכּוֺן כִּסֵּא בּצ׳ Proverbs 16:12, compare Isaiah 54:14; עֲבֹדַת השׂ׳, מַעֲשֵׂה הצ׳ Isaiah 32:17, compare Isaiah 32:16; נֹגְשַׂיִךְ צ׳ Isaiah 60:17.
b. of law, || משׁפטים, צִדְקַת י׳ Deuteronomy 33:21.
c. of Davidic king, Messiah, || משׁפט, Psalm 72:1; Psalm 72:3; Isaiah 9:6; Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 33:15.
2. God's attribute as sovereign Psalm 36:7; Psalm 71:19; in government, עשׂה משׁפט וצ׳ Psalm 99:4; Jeremiah 9:23; administering justice Job 37:23; punishment Isaiah 1:27; Isaiah 5:16; Isaiah 10:22; Isaiah 28:17; Daniel 9:7; vindication of his people Micah 7:9.
3. righteousness, in a case or cause, בצדקתי החזקתי Job 27:6 on my righteousness I hold fast; מה ישׁ לי עוד צ׳ 2 Samuel 19:29 what right have I yet ? of God's judgments, הגיד צ׳ Isaiah 57:12 (irony); השׁיב צ׳ 1 Samuel 26:23; Job 33:26; כּצ׳, השׁיב 2 Samuel 22:25, גמל 2 Samuel 22:21, נתן 1 Kings 8:52 2 Chronicles 6:23.
4. righteousness = truthfulness, באמת ובצ׳ Isaiah 48:1; Zechariah 8:8; in word Isaiah 45:28; Isaiah 63:1, oath Jeremiah 4:2.
5. righteousness, as ethically right: Genesis 30:33 (J) Deuteronomy 6:25; Isaiah 33:5; Isaiah 41:18; Ezekiel 14:14, 20; Proverbs 10:2; Proverbs 11:4, 5, 18, 19 + 17 times, + (ה)צַךִּיק(ים) צִדְקַת Isaiah 5:23; Ezekiel 18:20; Ezekiel 33:12; ישׁרים צ׳ Proverbs 11:6; אֹרַח צ׳ Proverbs 8:20; Proverbs 12:28; דֶּרֶךְ צ׳ Proverbs 16:31; עשׂה צ׳ do righteousness Psalm 106:3; Isaiah 56:1; Isaiah 58:2; Ezekiel 18:22; עשׂה משׁפט וצ׳ Ezekiel 18:5 + 6 times Ezekiel; ומשׁפט עשׂה צ׳ Genesis 18:10 (J) Proverbs 21:8; רדף צ׳ Proverbs 15:9; Proverbs 21:21; הלך באמת ובצ׳ 1 Kings 3:6; חשׁב לוֺ (ל)צ׳ Genesis 15:6 (JE) imputed to him (for) righteousness, Psalm 106:31; וָחֶסֶד צ׳ Proverbs 21:21 (twice in verse) (strike out Greek Version of the LXXA B Toy).
6. righteousness as vindicated, justification, salvation, etc. (compare צֶדֶק 6):
a. of God || יָשַׁע, תְּשׁוּעָה, יְשׁוּעָה Isaiah 45:8; Isaiah 46:13; Isaiah 51:6 + 7 times Isaiah2; || בְּרָכָה Psalm 24:6; || נַחֲלָה Isaiah 54:17; || חֶסֶד Psalm 36:11; Psalm 103:17; שֶׁמֶשׁ צ׳ Malachi 3:20 [Malachi 4:2] sun of righteousness (with healing); בִּצ׳, י׳ delivers, guides, exalts his people Psalm 5:9; Psalm 31:2; Psalm 71:2; Psalm 89:17; Psalm 119:40; Psalm 143:1; Psalm 143:11; אַליָֿבאֹוּ בְּצִדְקָתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 69:28 (of wicked); as accusative after verbs of declaring, etc., his saving (delivering) righteousness Psalm 22:32 [Psalm 22:31]; Psalm 40:11; Psalm 51:16; Psalm 71:15; Psalm 71:16; Psalm 71:24; Psalm 98:2; Psalm 145:7; also יִוָּדַע צ׳ Psalm 88:13; עֹמֶדֶת צ׳ לָעַד his righteousness endureth for ever Psalm 111:3; compare Psalm 119:142.
b. of people, = prosperity, || הון, עשׁר Proverbs 8:18; מוֺרֶה לצ׳ early rain for prosperity Joel 2:23.
7. plural righteous acts:
a. of God Judges 5:11 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 12:7; Micah 6:5; vindication of right Psalm 103:6; redemptive Isaiah 45:24; Daniel 9:16.
b. of man's moral conduct Isaiah 64:5; Jeremiah 51:10, also probably Ezekiel 3:20; Ezekiel 18:24; Ezekiel 33:13 (Kt singular) Psalm 11:7 (? gloss), Daniel 9:18; as adverb accusative, הֹלֵךְ צְדָקוֺת Isaiah 33:15.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H6665.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:6; 15:6; 18:10; 30:33; 30:33

Deuteronomy

6:25; 33:21; 33:21

Judges

5:11; 5:11

1 Samuel

12:7; 26:23

2 Samuel

8:15; 19:29; 22:21; 22:25

1 Kings

3:6; 8:52; 10:9

1 Chronicles

18:14

2 Chronicles

6:23; 9:8

Job

27:6; 33:26; 37:23

Psalms

5:9; 11:7; 22:31; 24:6; 31:2; 36:7; 36:11; 40:11; 51:16; 69:28; 71:2; 71:15; 71:16; 71:19; 71:24; 72:1; 72:3; 88:13; 89:17; 98:2; 99:4; 103:6; 103:17; 106:3; 106:31; 111:3; 119:40; 119:142; 143:1; 143:11; 145:7

Proverbs

8:18; 8:20; 10:2; 11:4; 11:5; 11:6; 11:18; 11:19; 12:28; 15:9; 16:12; 16:31; 21:8; 21:21; 21:21

Isaiah

1:27; 5:7; 5:16; 5:23; 9:6; 9:6; 10:22; 28:17; 32:16; 32:17; 33:5; 33:15; 33:15; 41:18; 45:8; 45:24; 46:13; 48:1; 51:6; 54:14; 54:17; 56:1; 57:12; 58:2; 60:17; 63:1; 64:5

Jeremiah

4:2; 9:23; 22:3; 22:15; 23:5; 33:15; 33:15; 51:10

Ezekiel

3:20; 14:14; 14:20; 18:5; 18:20; 18:22; 18:24; 33:12; 33:13; 45:9

Daniel

9:7; 9:16; 9:16; 9:18

Joel

2:23

Amos

5:7; 6:12

Micah

6:5; 7:9

Zechariah

8:8

Malachi

4:2

H6666

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Strong's Number H6666 matches the Hebrew צְדָקָה (ṣᵊḏāqâ),
which occurs 159 times in 150 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (Isa 56:1–Mal 4:2)

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:1 - Thus says the LORD,
“Preserve justice and do righteousness, H6666
For My salvation is about to come
And My righteousness H6666 to be revealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:12 - “I will declare your righteousness H6666 and your deeds,
But they will not profit you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:2 - “Yet they seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways,
As a nation that has done righteousness H6666
And has not forsaken the ordinance of their God.
They ask Me for just decisions,
They delight in the nearness of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 - Therefore justice is far from us,
And righteousness H6666 does not overtake us;
We hope for light, but behold, darkness,
For brightness, but we walk in gloom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:14 - Justice is turned back,
And righteousness H6666 stands far away;
For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:16 - And He saw that there was no man,
And was astonished that there was no one to intercede;
Then His own arm brought salvation to Him,
And His righteousness H6666 upheld Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:17 - He put on righteousness H6666 like a breastplate,
And a helmet of salvation on His head;
And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing
And wrapped Himself with zeal as a mantle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:17 - “Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
And instead of iron I will bring silver,
And instead of wood, bronze,
And instead of stones, iron.
And I will make peace your administrators
And righteousness H6666 your overseers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:10 - I will rejoice greatly in the LORD,
My soul will exult in my God;
For He has clothed me with garments of salvation,
He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, H6666
As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland,
And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:11 - For as the earth brings forth its sprouts,
And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up,
So the Lord [fn]GOD will cause righteousness H6666 and praise
To spring up before all the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:1 - Who is this who comes from Edom,
With garments of [fn]glowing colors from Bozrah,
This One who is majestic in His apparel,
[fn]Marching in the greatness of His strength?
“It is I who speak in righteousness, H6666 mighty to save.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 64:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:6 - For all of us have become like one who is unclean,
And all our righteous H6666 deeds H6666 are like a filthy garment;
And all of us wither like a leaf,
And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:2 - And you will swear, ‘As the LORD lives,’
In truth, in justice and in righteousness; H6666
Then the nations will bless themselves in Him,
And in Him they will glory.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:24 - but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness H6666 on earth; for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - ‘Thus says the LORD, “Do justice and righteousness, H6666 and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:15 - “Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
And do justice and righteousness? H6666
Then it was well with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:5 - “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD,
“When I will raise up for David a righteous [fn]Branch;
And He will reign as king and [fn]act wisely
And do justice and righteousness H6666 in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:15 - ‘In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous H6666 Branch of David to spring forth; and He shall execute justice and righteousness H6666 on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:10 - The LORD has brought [fn]about our vindication; H6666
Come and let us recount in Zion
The work of the LORD our God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:20 - “Again, when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I place an obstacle before him, he will die; since you have not warned him, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous H6666 deeds H6666 which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:14 - even though these three men, Noah, Daniel and Job were in its midst, by their own righteousness H6666 they could only deliver themselves,” declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:20 - even though Noah, Daniel and Job were in its midst, as I live,” declares the Lord GOD, “they could not deliver either their son or their daughter. They would deliver only themselves by their righteousness.” H6666

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:5 - “But if a man is righteous and practices justice and righteousness, H6666

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:19 - “Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity?’ When the son has practiced justice and righteousness H6666 and has observed all My statutes and done them, he shall surely live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:20 - “The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son’s iniquity; the righteousness H6666 of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:21 - “But if the wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed and observes all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, H6666 he shall surely live; he shall not die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:22 - “All his transgressions which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness H6666 which he has practiced, he will live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:24 - “But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, H6666 commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous H6666 deeds H6666 which he has done will not be remembered for his treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:26 - “When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, H6666 commits iniquity and dies because of it, for his iniquity which he has committed he will die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:27 - “Again, when a wicked man turns away from his wickedness which he has committed and practices justice and righteousness, H6666 he will save his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:12 - “And you, son of man, say to [fn]your fellow citizens, ‘The righteousness H6666 of a righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble because of it in the day when he turns from his wickedness; whereas a righteous man will not be able to live [fn]by his righteousness on the day when he commits sin.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:13 - “When I say to the righteous he will surely live, and he so trusts in his righteousness H6666 that he commits iniquity, none of his righteous H6666 deeds H6666 will be remembered; but in that same iniquity of his which he has committed he will die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:14 - “But when I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and practices justice and righteousness, H6666

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:16 - “None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. He has practiced justice and righteousness; H6666 he shall surely live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:18 - “When the righteous turns from his righteousness H6666 and commits iniquity, then he shall die in [fn]it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:19 - “But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and practices justice and righteousness, H6666 he will live by them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:9 - ‘Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD, “Enough, you princes of Israel; put away violence and destruction, and practice justice and righteousness. H6666 Stop your expropriations from My people,” declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:7 - “Righteousness H6666 belongs to You, O Lord, but to us [fn]open shame, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:16 - “O Lord, in accordance with all Your [fn]righteous H6666 acts, H6666 let now Your anger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a reproach to all those around us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:18 - “O my God, incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not [fn]presenting our supplications before You on account of [fn]any merits H6666 of our own, but on account of Your great compassion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:12 - Sow with a view to righteousness, H6666
Reap in accordance with [fn]kindness;
Break up your fallow ground,
For it is time to seek the LORD
Until He comes to [fn]rain righteousness on you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23 - So rejoice, O sons of Zion,
And be glad in the LORD your God;
For He has given you [fn]the early rain for your vindication. H6666
And He has poured down for you the rain,
The [fn]early and [fn]latter rain [fn]as before.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:7 - For those who turn justice into wormwood
And [fn]cast righteousness H6666 down to the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:24 - “But let justice roll down like waters
And righteousness H6666 like an ever-flowing stream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:12 - Do horses run on rocks?
Or does one plow [fn]them with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into poison
And the fruit of righteousness H6666 into [fn]wormwood,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:5 - “My people, remember now
What Balak king of Moab counseled
And what Balaam son of Beor answered him,
And from Shittim to Gilgal,
So [fn]that you might know the righteous H6666 acts H6666 of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:9 - I will bear the indignation of the LORD
Because I have sinned against Him,
Until He pleads my case and executes justice for me.
He will bring me out to the light,
And I will see His [fn]righteousness. H6666

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:8 - and I will bring them back and they will live in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God in [fn]truth and righteousness.’ H6666

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:3 - “He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to the LORD [fn]offerings in righteousness. H6666

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:2 - “But for you who [fn]fear My name, the sun of righteousness H6666 will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall.

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