LXX Concordance for δικαίου

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.

He does not withdraw his gaze from the righteous,

but he seats them forever with enthroned kings,

and they are exalted.

He opens their ears to correction

and tells them to repent from iniquity.

Let lying lips

that arrogantly speak against the righteous

in proud contempt be silenced.

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom;

his tongue speaks what is just.

“I will cut off all the horns of the wicked,

but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”

They band together against the life of the righteous

and condemn the innocent to death.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous,

but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,

but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

The tongue of the righteous is pure silver;

the heart of the wicked is of little value.

The LORD's blessing enriches,

and he adds no painful effort to it.[fn]

What the wicked dreads will come to him,

but what the righteous desire will be given to them.

The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom,

but a perverse tongue will be cut out.

When the wicked person dies,

his expectation comes to nothing,

and hope placed in wealth[fn][fn] vanishes.

Anxiety in a person's heart weighs it down,

but a good word cheers it up.

The wicked are a ransom for the righteous,

and the treacherous, for[fn] the upright.

I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.

who acquit the guilty for a bribe

and deprive the innocent of justice.

“Because you have disheartened the righteous person with lies (when I intended no distress), and because you have supported[fn] the wicked person so that he does not turn from his evil way to save his life,

“though the father has done none of them. Indeed, when the son eats at the mountain shrines and defiles his neighbor's wife,

“The person who sins is the one who will die. A son won't suffer punishment for the father's iniquity, and a father won't suffer punishment for the son's iniquity. The righteousness of the righteous person will be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked person will be on him.

“Now, son of man, say to your people, ‘The righteousness of the righteous person will not save him on the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked person cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. The righteous person won't be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.

“So you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.

arrogant eyes, a lying tongue,

hands that shed innocent blood,