Lexicon :: Strong's H7563 - rāšāʿ

Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will you really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

“You could not possibly do such a thing: to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. You could not possibly do that! Won’t the Judge of the whole earth do what is just? ”

The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your neighbor? ”[fn]

Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron. “I have sinned this time,” he said to them. “The LORD is the righteous one, and I and my people are the guilty ones.

“You must not spread a false report. Do not join[fn] the wicked to be a malicious witness.

“Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent and the just, because I will not justify the guilty.

He warned the community, “Get away now from the tents of these wicked men. Don’t touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”

“You are not to accept a ransom for the life of someone who is guilty of murder; he must be put to death.

“If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court, and the judges will hear their case. They will clear the innocent and condemn the guilty.

He guards the steps[fn] of his faithful ones,

but the wicked perish in darkness,

for a person does not prevail by his own strength.

“How much more when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house on his own bed! So now, should I not require his blood from you and purge you from the earth? ”

may you hear in heaven and act.

May you judge your servants,

condemning the wicked man by bringing

what he has done on his own head

and providing justice for the righteous

by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

may you hear in heaven and act.

May you judge your servants,

condemning the wicked man by bringing

what he has done on his own head

and providing justice for the righteous

by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

Then Jehu son of the seer Hanani went out to confront him[fn] and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Do you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the LORD’s wrath is on you.

There the wicked cease to make trouble,

and there the weary find rest.

Your enemies will be clothed with shame;

the tent of the wicked will no longer exist.

It is all the same. Therefore I say,

“He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.”

The earth[fn] is handed over to the wicked;

he blindfolds[fn] its judges.

If it isn’t he, then who is it?

“Is it good for you to oppress,

to reject the work of your hands,

and favor[fn] the plans of the wicked?

But the sight of the wicked will fail.

Their way of escape will be cut off,

and their only hope is their last breath.

A wicked person writhes in pain all his days,

throughout the number of years reserved for the ruthless.

God hands me over to the unjust;[fn]

he throws me to the wicked.

Yes, the light of the wicked is extinguished;

the flame of his fire does not glow.

the joy of the wicked has been brief

and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?

This is the wicked person’s lot from God,

the inheritance God ordained for him.

Why do the wicked continue to live,

growing old and becoming powerful?

But their prosperity is not of their own doing.

The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

For you say, “Where now is the nobleman’s house? ”

and “Where are the tents the wicked lived in? ”

But it was he who filled their houses with good things.

The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

They gather their fodder in the field

and glean the vineyards of the wicked.

May my enemy be like the wicked

and my opponent like the unjust.

This is a wicked man’s lot from God,

the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

who says to a king, “Worthless man! ”

and to nobles, “Wicked men! ”?

In full view of the public,[fn]

he strikes them for their wickedness,

He does not keep the wicked alive,

but he gives justice to the oppressed.

Yet now you are obsessed with the judgment due the wicked;

judgment and justice have seized you.

so it may seize the edges of the earth

and shake the wicked out of it?

Light[fn] is withheld from the wicked,

and the arm raised in violence is broken.

Look on every proud person and humble him;

trample the wicked where they stand.[fn]

How happy is the one who does not

walk in the advice of the wicked

or stand in the pathway with sinners

or sit in the company of mockers!

The wicked are not like this;

instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.

Rise up, LORD!

Save me, my God!

You strike all my enemies on the cheek;

you break the teeth of the wicked.

Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,

but establish the righteous.

The one who examines the thoughts and emotions[fn]

is a righteous God.

You have rebuked the nations:

You have destroyed the wicked;

you have erased their name forever and ever.

The LORD has made himself known;

he has executed justice,

snaring the wicked

by the work of their hands.Higgaion. Selah