צַדִּיק

This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.

Yahweh said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.

Abraham came near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?

What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?

May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”

Yahweh said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”

Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, “Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?

Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time. Yahweh is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.

“You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

What great nation is there that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before you today?

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment and the judges judge them, then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.

The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.

He said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you.

How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, should I not now require his blood from your hand, and rid the earth of you?”

The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, ‘One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,

Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn’t know it: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

then hear in heaven, and act, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way on his own head, and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

In the morning, he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, “You are righteous. Behold, I conspired against my master and killed him, but who killed all these?

then hear from heaven, act, and judge your servants, bringing retribution to the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, “Yahweh is righteous.”

Yahweh, the God of Israel, you are righteous; for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our guiltiness; for no one can stand before you because of this.”

found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his offspring, and have performed your words; for you are righteous.

However you are just in all that has come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly.

I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.

Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,

he may prepare it, but the just will put it on, and the innocent will divide the silver.

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Should even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty?—

He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

For you will bless the righteous. Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield.

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.

If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

Yahweh examines the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and him who loves violence.

For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face.

There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!

Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.

Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.

Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.