Strong's numbers
צָדַק H6663
tsâdaq
tsaw-dak'
a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense); cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just(-ice, -ify, -ify self), (be turn to) righteous(-ness).
Brown–Driver–Briggs
[צָדֵק, צָדֹק] vb. denom. be just, righteous
Qal
1 have a just cause, be in the right
2 be justified
3 be just
4 be just, righteous
Niph. the holy place shall be put right
Pi. justify
Hiph.
1 do justice
2 declare righteous, justify
3 justify, vindicate the cause of, save
4 make righteous, turn to righteousness
Hithp. how shall we justify ourselves
From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.
40 occurrences
Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.
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Job 33:32
If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
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Job 34:5
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
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Job 35:7
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
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Job 40:8
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
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Psalms 19:9
The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
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Psalms 51:4
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
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Psalms 82:3
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
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Psalms 143:2
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
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Proverbs 17:15
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
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Isaiah 5:23
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!