LXX Concordance for δικαίων

“What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away instead of sparing the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people who are in it?

Who has counted the dust of Jacob

or numbered even one-fourth of Israel?

Let me die the death of the upright;

let the end of my life be like theirs.

“Do not deny justice or show partiality to anyone. Do not accept a bribe, for it blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

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

judgment and justice have seized you.

Therefore the wicked will not stand up in the judgment,

nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

One who is righteous has many adversities,

but the LORD rescues him from them all.

The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD,

their refuge in a time of distress.

Let them be erased from the book of life

and not be recorded with the righteous.

There are shouts of joy and victory

in the tents of the righteous:

“The LORD's right hand performs valiantly!

The scepter of the wicked will not remain

over the land allotted to the righteous,

so that the righteous will not apply their hands to injustice.

Honor the LORD with your possessions

and with the first produce of your entire harvest;

The LORD's curse is on the household of the wicked,

but he blesses the home of the righteous;

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,

shining brighter and brighter until midday.

The remembrance of the righteous is a blessing,

but the name of the wicked will rot.

The reward of the righteous is life;

the wages of the wicked is punishment.

The lips of the righteous feed many,

but fools die for lack of sense.

The lips of the righteous know what is appropriate,

but the mouth of the wicked, only what is perverse.

With his mouth the ungodly destroys his neighbor,

but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.

The wicked person earns an empty wage,

but the one who sows righteousness, a true reward.

The desire of the righteous turns out well,

but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.

Anyone trusting in his riches will fall,

but the righteous will flourish like foliage.

No one can be made secure by wickedness,

but the root of the righteous is immovable.

The thoughts of the righteous are just,

but guidance from the wicked is deceitful.

The wicked are overthrown and perish,

but the house of the righteous will stand.

Fools mock at making reparation,[fn]

but there is goodwill among the upright.

The evil bow before those who are good,

and the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.

The house of the righteous has great wealth,

but trouble accompanies the income of the wicked.

The mind of the righteous person thinks before answering,

but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil things.

Justice executed is a joy to the righteous

but a terror to evildoers.

Don't set an ambush, you wicked one,

at the camp of the righteous man;

don't destroy his dwelling.

When the righteous triumph,

there is great rejoicing,[fn]

but when the wicked come to power,

people hide.

It is not good to show partiality —

yet even a courageous person may sin for a piece of bread.

When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice,

but when the wicked rule, people groan.

There is a futility that is done on the earth: there are righteous people who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked people who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.

Those who have insight will shine

like the bright expanse of the heavens,

and those who lead many to righteousness,

like the stars forever and ever.