LXX Concordance for δικαιοσύνην

Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.

“For I have chosen[fn] him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just. This is how the LORD will fulfill to Abraham what he promised him.”

“Your servant has indeed found favor with you, and you have shown me great kindness by saving my life. But I can't run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.

“So when God had me wander from my father's house, I said to her: Show your loyalty to me wherever we go and say about me, ‘He's my brother.' ”

“Swear to me by God here and now, that you will not break an agreement with me or with my children and descendants. As I have been loyal to you, so you will be loyal to me and to the country where you are a resident alien.”

and said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld his kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master's relatives.”

“Now, if you are going to show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; if not, tell me, and I will go elsewhere.”[fn]

maintaining faithful love to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But he will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers' iniquity on the children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation.

“You are not going to take possession of their land because of your righteousness or your integrity. Instead, the LORD your God will drive out these nations before you because of their wickedness, in order to fulfill the promise he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

He chose the best part for himself,

because a ruler's portion was assigned there for him.

He came with the leaders of the people;

he carried out the LORD's justice

and his ordinances for Israel.

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.

Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered;[fn]

he will thunder in the heavens against them.

The LORD will judge the ends of the earth.

He will give power to his king;

he will lift up the horn of his anointed.[fn]

“Now present yourselves, so I may confront you before the LORD about all the righteous acts he has done for you and your ancestors.

So David reigned over all Israel, administering justice and righteousness for all his people.

The LORD rewarded me

according to my righteousness;

he repaid me

according to the cleanness of my hands.

So the LORD repaid me

according to my righteousness,

according to my cleanness[fn] in his sight.

may you hear in heaven and act.

May you judge your servants,

condemning the wicked man by bringing

what he has done on his own head

and providing justice for the righteous

by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

So David reigned over all Israel, administering justice and righteousness for all his people.

I know, my God, that you test the heart and that you are pleased with what is right. I have willingly given all these things with an upright heart, and now I have seen your people who are present[fn] here giving joyfully and[fn] willingly to you.

may you hear in heaven and act.

May you judge your servants,

condemning the wicked man by bringing

what he has done on his own head

and providing justice for the righteous

by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

“Blessed be the LORD your God! He delighted in you and put you on his throne as king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, he has set you over them as king to carry out justice and righteousness.”

I clothed myself in righteousness,

and it enveloped me;

my just decisions were like a robe and a turban.

He will pray to God, and God will delight in him.

That person will see his face with a shout of joy,

and God will restore his righteousness to him.

The LORD judges the peoples;

vindicate me, LORD,

according to my righteousness and my integrity.

I will thank the LORD for his righteousness;

I will sing about the name of the LORD Most High.

For you have upheld my just cause;

you are seated on your throne as a righteous judge.

The one who lives blamelessly, practices righteousness,

and acknowledges the truth in his heart —

The LORD rewarded me

according to my righteousness;

he repaid me

according to the cleanness of my hands.

So the LORD repaid me

according to my righteousness,

according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

They will come and declare his righteousness;

to a people yet to be born

they will declare what he has done.

Vindicate me, LORD my God,

in keeping with your righteousness,

and do not let them rejoice over me.

Let those who want my vindication

shout for joy and be glad;

let them continually say,

“The LORD be exalted.

He takes pleasure in his servant's well-being.”

Spread your faithful love over those who know you,

and your righteousness over the upright in heart.

making your righteousness shine like the dawn,

your justice like the noonday.

Those who repay evil for good

attack me for pursuing good.

I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly;

see, I do not keep my mouth closed[fn] —

as you know, LORD.

You love righteousness and hate wickedness;

therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy

more than your companions.

The heavens proclaim his righteousness,

for God is the Judge.Selah

Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God —

God of my salvation —

and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.

You love evil instead of good,

lying instead of speaking truthfully.Selah

Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones?[fn]

Do you judge people fairly?

My mouth will tell about your righteousness

and your salvation all day long,

though I cannot sum them up.

Even while I am old and gray,

God, do not abandon me,

while I proclaim your power

to another generation,

your strength to all who are to come.

Therefore, my tongue will proclaim

your righteousness all day long,

for those who intend to harm me

will be disgraced and confounded.

God, give your justice to the king

and your righteousness to the king's son.

The heavens proclaim his righteousness;

all the peoples see his glory.

The LORD has made his victory known;

he has revealed his righteousness

in the sight of the nations.

The mighty King loves justice.

You have established fairness;

you have administered justice

and righteousness in Jacob.

How happy are those who uphold justice,

who practice righteousness at all times.

It was credited to him as righteousness

throughout all generations to come.

I have done what is just and right;

do not leave me to my oppressors.

The decrees you issue are righteous

and altogether trustworthy.

May your priests be clothed with righteousness,

and may your faithful people shout for joy.

for receiving prudent instruction

in righteousness, justice, and integrity;

Then you will understand righteousness, justice,

and integrity ​— ​every good path.

“It is by me that kings reign

and rulers enact just law;

Be assured[fn] that a wicked person

will not go unpunished,

but the offspring of the righteous will escape.

The LORD detests the way of the wicked,

but he loves the one who pursues righteousness.

For the vineyard of the LORD of Armies

is the house of Israel,

and the men[fn] of Judah,

the plant he delighted in.

He expected justice

but saw injustice;

he expected righteousness

but heard cries of despair.

a throne will be established in love,

and one will sit on it faithfully[fn]

in the tent of David,

judging and pursuing what is right,

quick to execute justice.

Open the gates

so a righteous nation can come in —

one that remains faithful.

I long for you in the night;

yes, my spirit within me diligently seeks you,

for when your judgments are in the land,

the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

The living, only the living can thank you,

as I do today;

a father will make your faithfulness known to children.

“Who has stirred up someone from the east?

In righteousness he calls him to serve.[fn][fn]

The LORD hands nations over to him,

and he subdues kings.

He makes them like dust with his sword,

like wind-driven stubble with his bow.

“Heavens, sprinkle from above,

and let the skies shower righteousness.

Let the earth open up

so that salvation will sprout

and righteousness will spring up with it.

I, the LORD, have created it.

“I have not spoken in secret,

somewhere in a land of darkness.

I did not say to the descendants of Jacob:

Seek me in a wasteland.

I am the LORD, who speaks righteously,

who declares what is right.

“I am bringing my justice near;

it is not far away,

and my salvation will not delay.

I will put salvation in Zion,

my splendor in Israel.

Shout for joy, you heavens!

Earth, rejoice!

Mountains break into joyful shouts!

For the LORD has comforted his people,

and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.

This is what the LORD says:

Preserve justice and do what is right,

for my salvation is coming soon,

and my righteousness will be revealed.

I will announce your righteousness,

and your works ​— ​they will not profit you.

“They seek me day after day

and delight to know my ways,

like a nation that does what is right

and does not abandon the justice of their God.

They ask me for righteous judgments;

they delight in the nearness of God.”

He put on righteousness as body armor,

and a helmet of salvation on his head;

he put on garments of vengeance for clothing,

and he wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.

For I the LORD love justice;

I hate robbery and injustice;[fn]

I will faithfully reward my people

and make a permanent covenant with them.

For as the earth produces its growth,

and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up,

so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise

to spring up before all the nations.

Nations will see your righteousness

and all kings, your glory.

You will be given a new name

that the LORD's mouth will announce.

Who is this coming from Edom

in crimson-stained garments from Bozrah —

this one who is splendid in his apparel,

striding in his formidable[fn] might?

It is I, proclaiming vindication,[fn]

powerful to save.

“But the one who boasts should boast in this:

that he understands and knows me —

that I am the LORD, showing faithful love,

justice, and righteousness on the earth,

for I delight in these things.

This is the LORD's declaration.

“This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from his oppressor. Don't exploit or brutalize the resident alien, the fatherless, or the widow. Don't shed innocent blood in this place.

Are you a king because you excel in cedar?

Didn't your father eat and drink

and administer justice and righteousness?

Then it went well with him.

“Look, the days are coming” ​— ​this is the LORD's declaration —

“when I will raise up a Righteous Branch for David.

He will reign wisely as king

and administer justice and righteousness in the land.

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

“He keeps his hand from harming the poor, not taking interest or profit on a loan. He practices my ordinances and follows my statutes. Such a person will not die for his father's iniquity. He will certainly live.

“But you may ask, ‘Why doesn't the son suffer punishment for the father's iniquity? ' Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all my statutes, he will certainly live.

“But if the wicked person turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all my statutes, and does what is just and right, he will certainly live; he will not die.

“But if a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life.

“ ‘So when I tell the wicked person, “You will surely die,” but he repents of his sin and does what is just and right ​— ​

None of the sins he committed will be held[fn] against him. He has done what is just and right; he will certainly live.

But if a wicked person turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of it.

“This is what the Lord GOD says: You have gone too far,[fn] princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Put an end to your evictions of my people.” This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.

“Seventy weeks are decreed

about your people and your holy city —

to bring the rebellion to an end,

to put a stop to sin,

to atone for iniquity,

to bring in everlasting righteousness,

to seal up vision and prophecy,

and to anoint the most holy place.

Sow righteousness for yourselves

and reap faithful love;

break up your unplowed ground.

It is time to seek the LORD

until he comes and sends righteousness

on you like the rain.

Children of Zion, rejoice and be glad

in the LORD your God,

because he gives you the autumn rain[fn]

for your vindication.[fn]

He sends showers for you,

both autumn and spring rain as before.

Those who turn justice into wormwood

also throw righteousness to the ground.

Because I have sinned against him,

I must endure the LORD's fury

until he champions my cause

and establishes justice for me.

He will bring me into the light;

I will see his salvation.[fn]

Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth,

who carry out what he commands.

Seek righteousness, seek humility;

perhaps you will be concealed

on the day of the LORD's anger.