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Lexicon :: Strong's H6666 - ṣᵊḏāqâ

Aa
צְדָקָה
Transliteration
ṣᵊḏāqâ
Pronunciation
tsed-aw-kaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1879b

Strong’s Definitions

צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh, tsed-aw-kaw'; from H6663; rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity):—justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 157x

The KJV translates Strong's H6666 in the following manner: righteousness (128x), justice (15x), right (9x), righteous acts (3x), moderately (1x), righteously (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 157x
The KJV translates Strong's H6666 in the following manner: righteousness (128x), justice (15x), right (9x), righteous acts (3x), moderately (1x), righteously (1x).

  1. justice, righteousness

    1. righteousness (in government)

      1. of judge, ruler, king

      2. of law

      3. of Davidic king Messiah

    2. righteousness (of God's attribute)

    3. righteousness (in a case or cause)

    4. righteousness, truthfulness

    5. righteousness (as ethically right)

    6. righteousness (as vindicated), justification, salvation

      1. of God

      2. prosperity (of people)

    7. righteous acts

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh, tsed-aw-kaw'; from H6663; rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity):—justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
STRONGS H6666: Abbreviations
צְדָקָה 157 noun feminine righteousness; — absolute צ׳ Genesis 15:6 + 81 times; construct צִדְקַת Deuteronomy 33:21 +5 times; suffix צִדְקָתִי Genesis 30:33 +, etc.; plural צְדָקוֺת Isaiah 33:15 + 3 times; construct צִדְקוֺת Judges 5:11+; suffix צִדְקֹתֶיךָ Daniel 9:16, etc.; —
1. righteousness, in government:
a. of judge, ruler, king: || משׁפט Isaiah 5:7; Isaiah 9:6; Amos 5:7; Amos 6:12; משׁפט וצ׳ 2 Samuel 8:15, עשׂה David executed justice and righteousness = 1 Chronicles 18:14, compare 1 Kings 10:9 2 Chronicles 9:8; Jeremiah 22:3, 15; Jeremiah 33:15; Ezekiel 45:9; יִכּוֺן כִּסֵּא בּצ׳ Proverbs 16:12, compare Isaiah 54:14; עֲבֹדַת השׂ׳, מַעֲשֵׂה הצ׳ Isaiah 32:17, compare Isaiah 32:16; נֹגְשַׂיִךְ צ׳ Isaiah 60:17.
b. of law, || משׁפטים, צִדְקַת י׳ Deuteronomy 33:21.
c. of Davidic king, Messiah, || משׁפט, Psalm 72:1; Psalm 72:3; Isaiah 9:6; Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 33:15.
2. God's attribute as sovereign Psalm 36:7; Psalm 71:19; in government, עשׂה משׁפט וצ׳ Psalm 99:4; Jeremiah 9:23; administering justice Job 37:23; punishment Isaiah 1:27; Isaiah 5:16; Isaiah 10:22; Isaiah 28:17; Daniel 9:7; vindication of his people Micah 7:9.
3. righteousness, in a case or cause, בצדקתי החזקתי Job 27:6 on my righteousness I hold fast; מה ישׁ לי עוד צ׳ 2 Samuel 19:29 what right have I yet ? of God's judgments, הגיד צ׳ Isaiah 57:12 (irony); השׁיב צ׳ 1 Samuel 26:23; Job 33:26; כּצ׳, השׁיב 2 Samuel 22:25, גמל 2 Samuel 22:21, נתן 1 Kings 8:52 2 Chronicles 6:23.
4. righteousness = truthfulness, באמת ובצ׳ Isaiah 48:1; Zechariah 8:8; in word Isaiah 45:28; Isaiah 63:1, oath Jeremiah 4:2.
5. righteousness, as ethically right: Genesis 30:33 (J) Deuteronomy 6:25; Isaiah 33:5; Isaiah 41:18; Ezekiel 14:14, 20; Proverbs 10:2; Proverbs 11:4, 5, 18, 19 + 17 times, + (ה)צַךִּיק(ים) צִדְקַת Isaiah 5:23; Ezekiel 18:20; Ezekiel 33:12; ישׁרים צ׳ Proverbs 11:6; אֹרַח צ׳ Proverbs 8:20; Proverbs 12:28; דֶּרֶךְ צ׳ Proverbs 16:31; עשׂה צ׳ do righteousness Psalm 106:3; Isaiah 56:1; Isaiah 58:2; Ezekiel 18:22; עשׂה משׁפט וצ׳ Ezekiel 18:5 + 6 times Ezekiel; ומשׁפט עשׂה צ׳ Genesis 18:10 (J) Proverbs 21:8; רדף צ׳ Proverbs 15:9; Proverbs 21:21; הלך באמת ובצ׳ 1 Kings 3:6; חשׁב לוֺ (ל)צ׳ Genesis 15:6 (JE) imputed to him (for) righteousness, Psalm 106:31; וָחֶסֶד צ׳ Proverbs 21:21 (twice in verse) (strike out Greek Version of the LXXA B Toy).
6. righteousness as vindicated, justification, salvation, etc. (compare צֶדֶק 6):
a. of God || יָשַׁע, תְּשׁוּעָה, יְשׁוּעָה Isaiah 45:8; Isaiah 46:13; Isaiah 51:6 + 7 times Isaiah2; || בְּרָכָה Psalm 24:6; || נַחֲלָה Isaiah 54:17; || חֶסֶד Psalm 36:11; Psalm 103:17; שֶׁמֶשׁ צ׳ Malachi 3:20 [Malachi 4:2] sun of righteousness (with healing); בִּצ׳, י׳ delivers, guides, exalts his people Psalm 5:9; Psalm 31:2; Psalm 71:2; Psalm 89:17; Psalm 119:40; Psalm 143:1; Psalm 143:11; אַליָֿבאֹוּ בְּצִדְקָתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 69:28 (of wicked); as accusative after verbs of declaring, etc., his saving (delivering) righteousness Psalm 22:32 [Psalm 22:31]; Psalm 40:11; Psalm 51:16; Psalm 71:15; Psalm 71:16; Psalm 71:24; Psalm 98:2; Psalm 145:7; also יִוָּדַע צ׳ Psalm 88:13; עֹמֶדֶת צ׳ לָעַד his righteousness endureth for ever Psalm 111:3; compare Psalm 119:142.
b. of people, = prosperity, || הון, עשׁר Proverbs 8:18; מוֺרֶה לצ׳ early rain for prosperity Joel 2:23.
7. plural righteous acts:
a. of God Judges 5:11 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 12:7; Micah 6:5; vindication of right Psalm 103:6; redemptive Isaiah 45:24; Daniel 9:16.
b. of man's moral conduct Isaiah 64:5; Jeremiah 51:10, also probably Ezekiel 3:20; Ezekiel 18:24; Ezekiel 33:13 (Kt singular) Psalm 11:7 (? gloss), Daniel 9:18; as adverb accusative, הֹלֵךְ צְדָקוֺת Isaiah 33:15.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H6665.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:6; 15:6; 18:10; 30:33; 30:33

Deuteronomy

6:25; 33:21; 33:21

Judges

5:11; 5:11

1 Samuel

12:7; 26:23

2 Samuel

8:15; 19:29; 22:21; 22:25

1 Kings

3:6; 8:52; 10:9

1 Chronicles

18:14

2 Chronicles

6:23; 9:8

Job

27:6; 33:26; 37:23

Psalms

5:9; 11:7; 22:31; 24:6; 31:2; 36:7; 36:11; 40:11; 51:16; 69:28; 71:2; 71:15; 71:16; 71:19; 71:24; 72:1; 72:3; 88:13; 89:17; 98:2; 99:4; 103:6; 103:17; 106:3; 106:31; 111:3; 119:40; 119:142; 143:1; 143:11; 145:7

Proverbs

8:18; 8:20; 10:2; 11:4; 11:5; 11:6; 11:18; 11:19; 12:28; 15:9; 16:12; 16:31; 21:8; 21:21; 21:21

Isaiah

1:27; 5:7; 5:16; 5:23; 9:6; 9:6; 10:22; 28:17; 32:16; 32:17; 33:5; 33:15; 33:15; 41:18; 45:8; 45:24; 46:13; 48:1; 51:6; 54:14; 54:17; 56:1; 57:12; 58:2; 60:17; 63:1; 64:5

Jeremiah

4:2; 9:23; 22:3; 22:15; 23:5; 33:15; 33:15; 51:10

Ezekiel

3:20; 14:14; 14:20; 18:5; 18:20; 18:22; 18:24; 33:12; 33:13; 45:9

Daniel

9:7; 9:16; 9:16; 9:18

Joel

2:23

Amos

5:7; 6:12

Micah

6:5; 7:9

Zechariah

8:8

Malachi

4:2

H6666

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Strong's Number H6666 matches the Hebrew צְדָקָה (ṣᵊḏāqâ),
which occurs 159 times in 150 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (Isa 56:1–Mal 4:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:1 - Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: H6666 for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness H6666 to be revealed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:12 - I will declare thy righteousness, H6666 and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:2 - Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, H6666 and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 - Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice H6666 overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:14 - And judgment is turned away backward, and justice H6666 standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:16 - And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, H6666 it sustained him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:17 - For he put on righteousness H6666 as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:17 - For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. H6666

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:10 - I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, H6666 as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:11 - For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness H6666 and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:1 - Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, H6666 mighty to save.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:6 - But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses H6666 are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:2 - And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; H6666 and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:24 - But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, H6666 in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, H6666 and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:15 - Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, H6666 and then it was well with him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:5 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice H6666 in the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:15 - In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness H6666 to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness H6666 in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:10 - The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: H6666 come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:20 - Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness H6666 which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:14 - Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, H6666 saith the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:20 - Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness. H6666

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:5 - But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right, H6666

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:19 - Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, H6666 and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:20 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness H6666 of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:21 - But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, H6666 he shall surely live, he shall not die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:22 - All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness H6666 that he hath done he shall live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:24 - But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, H6666 and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness H6666 that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:26 - When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, H6666 and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:27 - Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, H6666 he shall save his soul alive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:12 - Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness H6666 of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:13 - When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, H6666 and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses H6666 shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:14 - Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; H6666

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:16 - None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; H6666 he shall surely live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:18 - When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, H6666 and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:19 - But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, H6666 he shall live thereby.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:9 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, H6666 take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:7 - O Lord, righteousness H6666 belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:16 - O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, H6666 I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:18 - O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, H6666 but for thy great mercies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:12 - Sow to yourselves in righteousness, H6666 reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23 - Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, H6666 and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:7 - Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and H6666 leave off righteousness H6666 in the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:24 - But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness H6666 as a mighty stream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:12 - Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness H6666 into hemlock:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:5 - O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness H6666 of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:9 - I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. H6666

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:8 - And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness. H6666

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:3 - And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. H6666

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:2 - But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness H6666 arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

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