Lexicon :: Strong's H6662 - ṣadîq

These are the records of the generations (family history) of Noah. Noah was a righteous man [one who was just and had right standing with God], blameless in his [evil] generation; Noah walked (lived) [in habitual fellowship] with God.

Then the LORD said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you with all your household, for you [alone] I have seen as righteous (doing what is right) before Me in this generation.

Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time; the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

“If there is a controversy between men, and they go to court, and the judges decide [the issue] between them, and they judge in favor of the innocent and condemn the guilty,

“The Rock! His work is perfect,

For all His ways are just;

A God of faithfulness without iniquity (injustice),

Just and upright is He.

“The God of Israel,

The Rock of Israel spoke to me,

‘He who rules over men righteously,

Who rules in the fear of God,

“You found his heart to be faithful [fn]before You,

And You [fn]made a covenant with him

To give him the land of the Canaanite,

Of the Hittite, of the Amorite,

Of the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite—

To give it to his descendants.

And You have fulfilled Your promise,

For You are righteous and just.

“However, You are just and righteous in everything that has come upon us;

For You have dealt faithfully, but we have acted wickedly.

“I am a joke to my friends;

I, one whom God answered when he called upon Him—

A just and blameless man is a joke [and laughed to scorn].

“Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his ways,

And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

“The righteous see it and are glad;

And the innocent mock and laugh at them, saying,

He may prepare it, but the just will wear it

And the innocent will divide the silver.

So these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes [and could not be persuaded otherwise by them].

“Shall one who hates justice [and is an enemy of right] govern?

And will you condemn Him who is just and mighty?

“He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous [those in right standing with Him];

But with kings upon the throne

He has seated them forever, and they are exalted.

Therefore the wicked will not stand [unpunished] in the judgment,

Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

For You, O LORD, bless the righteous man [the one who is in right standing with You];

You surround him with favor as with a shield.

Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous [those in right standing with You];

For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.

God is a righteous judge,

And a God who is indignant every day.

“If the foundations [of a godly society] are destroyed,

What can the righteous do?”

The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked,

And His soul hates the [malevolent] one who loves violence.

For the LORD is [absolutely] righteous, He loves righteousness (virtue, morality, justice);

The upright shall see His face.

There they tremble with great fear,

For God is with the [consistently] righteous generation.

Let the lying lips be mute,

Which speak insolently and arrogantly against the [consistently] righteous

With pride and contempt.

Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you righteous [who actively seek right standing with Him];

Shout for joy, all you upright in heart.

Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones;

Praise is becoming and appropriate for those who are upright [in heart—those with moral integrity and godly character].

The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous [those with moral courage and spiritual integrity]

And His ears are open to their cry.

Many hardships and perplexing circumstances confront the righteous,

But the LORD rescues him from them all.

Evil will cause the death of the wicked,

And those who hate the righteous will be held guilty and will be condemned.

The wicked plots against the righteous

And gnashes at him with his teeth.

Better is the little of the righteous [who seek the will of God]

Than the abundance (riches) of many wicked (godless).