LXX Concordance for δίκαιος

These are the family records of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among his contemporaries; Noah walked with God.

Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will you really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

“You could not possibly do such a thing: to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. You could not possibly do that! Won't the Judge of the whole earth do what is just? ”

Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron. “I have sinned this time,” he said to them. “The LORD is the righteous one, and I and my people are the guilty ones.

“You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure,[fn] and an honest liquid measure;[fn] I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

The Rock ​— ​his work is perfect;

all his ways are just.

A faithful God, without bias,

he is righteous and true.

There is no one holy like the LORD.

There is no one besides you!

And there is no rock like our God.

and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have done what is good to me though I have done what is evil to you.

So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”

LORD God of Israel, you are righteous, for we survive as a remnant today. Here we are before you with our guilt, though no one can stand in your presence because of this.

You found his heart faithful in your sight,

and made a covenant with him

to give the land of the Canaanites,

Hethites, Amorites, Perizzites,

Jebusites, and Girgashites —

to give it to his descendants.

You have fulfilled your promise,

for you are righteous.

You are righteous concerning all that has happened to us,

because you have acted faithfully,

while we have acted wickedly.

There was a man in the country of Uz named Job. He was a man of complete integrity, who feared God and turned away from evil.

Yes, I know what you've said is true,

but how can a person be justified before God?

Even if I were in the right, I could not answer.

I could only beg my Judge for mercy.

Even if I were in the right, my own mouth would condemn me;

if I were blameless, my mouth would declare me guilty.

“If I am wicked, woe to me!

And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head.

I am filled with shame

and have drunk deeply of[fn] my affliction.

Should this abundance of words go unanswered

and such a talker[fn] be acquitted?

I am a laughingstock to my[fn] friends,

by calling on God, who answers me.[fn]

The righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock.

Now then, I have prepared my case;

I know that I am right.

What is a mere human, that he should be pure,

or one born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

The upright are appalled at this,

and the innocent are roused against the godless.

How can a human be justified before God?

How can one born of woman be pure?

So these three men quit answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

If you are righteous, what do you give him,

or what does he receive from your hand?

Would you really challenge my justice?

Would you declare me guilty to justify yourself?

God is a righteous judge

and a God who shows his wrath every day.

“When the foundations are destroyed,

what can the righteous do? ”

For the LORD is righteous; he loves righteous deeds.

The upright will see his face.

The wicked person borrows and does not repay,

but the righteous one is gracious and giving.

The righteous one will rejoice

when he sees the retribution;

he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

The righteous one rejoices in the LORD

and takes refuge in him;

all those who are upright in heart

will offer praise.

The righteous thrive like a palm tree

and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.

Light shines in the darkness for the upright.

He is gracious, compassionate, and righteous.

He will never be shaken.

The righteous one will be remembered forever.

The LORD is gracious and righteous;

our God is compassionate.

You are righteous, LORD,

and your judgments are just.

The LORD is righteous;

he has cut the ropes of the wicked.

Let the righteous one strike me —

it is an act of faithful love;

let him rebuke me —

it is oil for my head;

let me[fn] not refuse it.

Even now my prayer is against

the evil acts of the wicked.[fn]

The LORD is righteous in all his ways

and faithful in all his acts.

When the whirlwind passes,

the wicked are no more,

but the righteous are secure forever.

The righteous will never be shaken,

but the wicked will not remain on the earth.

The integrity of the upright guides them,

but the perversity of the treacherous destroys them.

The righteous one is rescued from trouble;

in his place, the wicked one goes in.

Genuine righteousness leads to life,

but pursuing evil leads to death.

If the righteous will be repaid on earth,

how much more the wicked and sinful.

The righteous cares about his animal's health,

but even the merciful acts of the wicked are cruel.

By rebellious speech an evil person is trapped,

but a righteous person escapes from trouble.

Whoever speaks the truth declares what is right,

but a false witness speaks deceit.

A righteous person is careful in dealing with his neighbor,[fn]

but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.

The righteous hate lying,

but the wicked bring disgust and shame.

Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle,

but whoever earns it through labor[fn] will multiply it.

A righteous person eats until he is satisfied,

but the stomach of the wicked is empty.

The wicked one is thrown down by his own sin,

but the righteous one has a refuge in his death.

A wicked person listens to malicious talk;[fn]

a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

The first to state his case seems right

until another comes and cross-examines him.

What is desirable in a person is his fidelity;

better to be a poor person than a liar.

A king sitting on a throne to judge

separates out all evil with his eyes.

All a person's ways seem right to him,

but the LORD weighs hearts.

The Righteous One[fn] considers the house of the wicked;

he brings the wicked to ruin.

He is filled with craving[fn] all day long,

but the righteous give and don't hold back.

The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly,

and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

Though a righteous person falls seven times,

he will get up,

but the wicked will stumble into ruin.

The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them,

but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

By justice a king brings stability to a land,

but a person who demands “contributions”[fn]

demolishes it.

An evil person is caught by sin,

but the righteous one sings and rejoices.

In my futile life[fn] I have seen everything: someone righteous perishes in spite of his righteousness, and someone wicked lives long in spite of his evil.

There is certainly no one righteous on the earth

who does good and never sins.

Indeed, a king will reign righteously,

and rulers will rule justly.

“Speak up and present your case[fn] —

yes, let them consult each other.

Who predicted this long ago?

Who announced it from ancient times?

Was it not I, the LORD?

There is no other God but me,

a righteous God and Savior;

there is no one except me.

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.

All your people will be righteous;

they will possess the land forever;

they are the branch I planted,

the work of my[fn] hands,

so that I may be glorified.

You will be righteous, LORD,

even if I bring a case against you.

Yet, I wish to contend with you:

Why does the way of the wicked prosper?

Why do all the treacherous live at ease?

“But if you warn the righteous person that he should not sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he listened to your warning, and you will have rescued yourself.”

“Suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:

“He follows my statutes and keeps my ordinances, acting faithfully. Such a person is righteous; he will certainly live.” This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.

“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.

“You are to have honest scales, an honest dry measure,[fn] and an honest liquid measure.[fn]

So the LORD kept the disaster in mind and brought it on us, for the LORD our God is righteous in all he has done. But we have not obeyed him.

Look, his ego is inflated;[fn]

he is without integrity.

But the righteous one will live by his faith.[fn]

The righteous LORD is in her;

he does no wrong.

He applies his justice morning by morning;

he does not fail at dawn,

yet the one who does wrong knows no shame.

Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!

Shout in triumph, Daughter Jerusalem!

Look, your King is coming to you;

he is righteous and victorious,[fn]

humble and riding on a donkey,

on a colt, the foal of a donkey.