LXX Concordance for δίκαιοι

“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?

“suppose the fifty righteous lack five. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five? ”

He replied, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”

Let them tell the righteous acts of the LORD,

the righteous deeds of his villagers in Israel,

with the voices of the singers at the watering places.[fn]

Then the LORD's people went down to the city gates.

The next morning when he went out and stood at the gate, he said to all the people, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him. But who struck down all these?

The hungry consume his harvest,

even taking it out of the thorns.[fn]

The thirsty[fn] pant for his children's wealth.

When catastrophe[fn] brings sudden death,

he mocks the despair of the innocent.

The righteous see this and rejoice;

the innocent mock them, saying,

he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it,

and the innocent will divide up his silver.

Be glad in the LORD and rejoice,

you righteous ones;

shout for joy,

all you upright in heart.

Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones;

praise from the upright is beautiful.

The righteous[fn] cry out, and the LORD hears,

and rescues them from all their troubles.

The righteous will inherit the land

and dwell in it permanently.

The righteous will see and fear,

and they will derisively say about that hero,[fn]

But the righteous are glad;

they rejoice before God and celebrate with joy.

Be glad in the LORD, you righteous ones,

and give thanks to his holy name.[fn]

This is the LORD's gate;

the righteous will enter through it.

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.

Surely the righteous will praise your name;

the upright will live in your presence.

Free me from prison

so that I can praise your name.

The righteous will gather around me

because you deal generously with me.

The light of the righteous shines brightly,

but the lamp of the wicked is put out.

The uncultivated field of the poor yields abundant food,

but without justice, it is swept away.

The name of the LORD is a strong tower;

the righteous run to it and are protected.[fn]

When the wicked come to power,

people hide,

but when they are destroyed,

the righteous flourish.

When the wicked increase, rebellion increases,

but the righteous will see their downfall.

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.

Indeed, I took all this to heart and explained it all: The righteous, the wise, and their works are in God's hands. People don't know whether to expect love or hate. Everything lies ahead of them.

“No weapon formed against you will succeed,

and you will refute any accusation[fn]

raised against you in court.

This is the heritage of the LORD's servants,

and their vindication is from me.”

This is the LORD's declaration.

The righteous person perishes,

and no one takes it to heart;

the faithful are taken away,

with no one realizing

that the righteous person is taken away

because of[fn] evil.

“But righteous men will judge them the way adulteresses and those who shed blood are judged, for they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.

Let whoever is wise understand these things,

and whoever is insightful recognize them.

For the ways of the LORD are right,

and the righteous walk in them,

but the rebellious stumble in them.