Beginnings
GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomy
Judges
JoshuaJudgesRuth
Kingdoms
1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings
Chronicles
1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEsther
Poetry
JobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of Solomon
Prophets
IsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDaniel
Minor Prophets
HoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicah
NahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachi
Messiah
MatthewMarkLukeJohnActs
Paul's Letters
Romans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians
1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrews
General Letters
James1 Peter2 Peter1 John
2 John3 JohnJude
Revelation
Revelation
Kept for this visit
Notes, starred verses and bookmarks kept while signed out last until this visit ends. Create a free account and everything you keep here moves into it, saved for good.
Create an account Sign in

Strong's numbers

צְדָקָה H6666

tsᵉdâqâh

tsed-aw-kaw'

from צָדַק; rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity); justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).

Brown–Driver–Briggs

צְדָקָה 157 n.f. righteousness
1 righteousness, in government
2 God's attribute as sovereign
3 righteousness, in a case or cause
4 righteousness = truthfulness
5 righteousness, as ethically right
6 righteousness as vindicated, justification, salvation, etc.
7 pl. righteous acts

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.

150 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • 2 Chronicles 6:23
    Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
  • 2 Chronicles 9:8
    Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
  • Nehemiah 2:20
    Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
  • Job 27:6
    My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
  • Job 33:26
    He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
  • Job 35:8
    Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
  • Job 37:23
    Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
  • Psalms 5:8
    Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
  • Psalms 11:7
    For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
  • Psalms 22:31
    They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.