Tsaddiq

צַדִּיק (tsaddiq):

adjective: as a person or quality

noun: translated as "righteousness" in poetic or descriptive contexts

primarily as "righteous" (person) rather than the noun "righteousness

Greek: Primarily translated as δίκαιος (dikaios) = righteous, just

Scripture

Old Testament

Genesis

Genesis 6:9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, without defect in his generations. Noah walked with God.

Genesis 7:1 Then Yahweh said to Noah, “Go— you and all your household— into the ark, for I have seen you are righteous before me in this generation.

Genesis 18:23 And Abraham drew near to Yahweh and said, “Will you also sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

Genesis 18:24 If perhaps there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city, will you also sweep them away and not forgive the place on account of the fifty righteous in her midst?

Genesis 18:25 Far be it from you to do such a thing as this, to kill the righteous with the wicked, that the righteous would be as the wicked! Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do justice?”

Genesis 18:26 And Yahweh said, “If I find fifty righteous in Sodom, in the midst of the city, then I will forgive the whole place for their sake.”

Genesis 18:28 Perhaps the fifty righteous are lacking five— will you destroy the whole city on account of the five?” And he answered, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”

Genesis 20:4 Now Abimelech had not approached her, so he said, “my Lord, will you even kill a righteous people?”

Exodus

Exodus 9:27 And Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron and said to them, “I have sinned this time. Yahweh is the righteous one, and I and my people are the wicked ones.

Exodus 23:7 You will stay far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and the righteous, because I will not declare the wicked righteous.

Exodus 23:8 And you will not take a bribe, because the bribe makes the sighted blind and ruins the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 16:19 You shall not subvert justice; you shall not show partiality; and you shall not take a bribe, for the bribe makes blind the eyes of the wise and misrepresents the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 25:1 “When a legal dispute takes place between men and they come near to the court, and the judges judge with respect to them, then they shall declare the righteous to be in the right and they shall condemn the wicked,

Deuteronomy 32:4 The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just; he is a faithful God, and without injustice; righteous and upright is he.

Samuel

1 Samuel 24:17 Then he said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have repaid me the good, but I have repaid you the evil.

2 Samuel 4:11 How much more when wicked men kill a righteous man in his house, on his bed! So then, shall I not seek his lifeblood from your hand, so that I may destroy you from the earth?”

2 Samuel 23:3 The God of Israel said to me, the rock of Israel has spoken; ‘He who rules over mankind rules righteously, in the fear of God.

1 Ki 2:32 Yahweh will return his blood on his head, because he fell upon two men, more righteous and better than he, and he killed them with the sword, even though my father David did not know it; namely Abner son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.

2 Ki 10:9 It happened in the morning that he went out, stood, and said to all of the people, “You are righteous. Look, I conspired against my master and killed him. But who killed all of these?

2 Ch 6:23 then may you yourself hear from the heavens and act and judge your servants, to repay the guilty by bringing his way upon his head and to vindicate the righteous by giving to him according to his righteousness.

2 Ch 12:6 Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “Yahweh is righteous.”

Ezr 9:15 Yahweh, God of Israel, you are righteous, for we have been left this day as a remnant. Here we are before you in our guilt, for none can stand before you because of this.”

Ne 9:8 You 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 seed. And you have kept your word because you are righteous.

Ne 9:33 You are righteous in everything that has come on us, for you dealt faithfully, and we have acted wickedly.

Job 12:4 I am a laughingstock to my friends: ‘He calls on God, and he answers him.’ A righteous, blameless man is a laughingstock.

Job 17:9 But the righteous holds on to his way, and he who has clean hands increases in strength.

Job 22:19 The righteous see, and they rejoice, but the innocent one mocks at them.

Job 27:17 he makes it ready, and the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.

Job 32:1 Then these three men ceased from answering Job because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Job 34:17 Shall he who hates justice really govern? Or will you declare the Righteous One, the Mighty, guilty?—

Job 36:7 He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but he sets them forever with kings on the throne, and they are exalted.

Ps 1:5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;

Ps 1:6 for Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Ps 5:12 For you bless the righteous. O Yahweh, like a shield you surround him with good favor.

Ps 7:9 Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous, and test the hearts and innermost being, O righteous God.

Ps 7:11 God is a righteous judge, and a God who has indignation every day.

Ps 11:3 When the foundations are destroyed what can the righteous do?

Ps 11:5 Yahweh tests the righteous, but the wicked and the lover of violence his soul hates.

Ps 11:7 For Yahweh is righteous; he loves righteous deeds. The upright shall see his face.

Ps 14:5 There they are very fearful because God is with the generation of the righteous.

Ps 31:18 Let lying lips be dumb, that speak against the righteous unrestrained with arrogance and contempt.

Ps 32:11 Be glad in Yahweh and rejoice, you righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright of heart.

Ps 33:1 Exult in Yahweh, O you righteous, for praise is fitting for the upright.

Ps 34:15 The eyes of Yahweh are toward the righteous, and his ears toward their cry for help.

Ps 34:19 Many are the distresses of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

Ps 34:21 Evil will slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will incur guilt.

Ps 37:12 The wicked plans evil against the righteous, and gnashes at him with his teeth.

Ps 37:16 The little belonging to the righteous is better than the wealth of many wicked.

Ps 37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh supports the righteous.

Ps 37:21 The wicked borrows and does not repay, but the righteous is gracious and gives.

Ps 37:25 I was a youth, but I am now old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.

Ps 37:29 The righteous will possess the land and abide in it forever.

Ps 37:30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

Ps 37:32 The wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

Ps 37:39 And the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh, their refuge in the time of trouble.

Ps 52:6 And the righteous will see and fear, and will laugh at him, saying,

Ps 55:22 Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

Ps 58:10 The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Ps 58:11 And people will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous. Surely there is a God who judges in the land.”

Ps 64:10 The righteous will rejoice in Yahweh and take refuge in him, and all the upright in heart will boast.

Ps 68:3 But the righteous will be glad; they will exalt before God, and will rejoice with joy.

Ps 69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and let them not be recorded with the righteous.

Ps 75:10 “And all the horns of the wicked I will cut off. The horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”

Ps 92:12 The righteous will flourish like the date palm. They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Ps 94:21 They band together against the life of the righteous, and declare the blameless guilty of blood.

Ps 97:11 Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

Ps 97:12 Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous, and give thanks to his holy name.

Ps 112:4 His light rises in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious and compassionate and righteous.

Ps 112:6 For he will not be shaken forever; the righteous will be remembered forever.

Ps 116:5 Gracious is Yahweh and righteous, and our God is merciful.

Ps 118:15 The sound of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; the right hand of Yahweh has done valiantly.

Ps 118:20 This is the gate of Yahweh, through which the righteous will enter.

Ps 119:137 You are righteous, O Yahweh, and your ordinances are upright.

Ps 125:3 For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land of the righteous, lest the righteous stretch out their hands to do wickedness.

Ps 129:4 Yahweh is righteous. He has cut the ropes of the wicked.

Ps 140:13 Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name; the upright will dwell in your presence.

Ps 141:5 Let a righteous one strike me in kindness, and let him chasten me. It is oil for my head; let not my head refuse. For still my prayer is against their evil deeds.

Ps 142:7 Bring me out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will encircle me, because you will deal bountifully with me.

Ps 145:17 Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and loyal in all his works.

Ps 146:8 Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind; Yahweh raises up those bowed down; Yahweh loves the righteous;

Pr 2:20 So that you will walk on the road of those who are good, and the paths of those who are righteous you shall keep.

Pr 3:33 The curse of Yahweh is on the house of the wicked, and the abode of the righteous ones he blesses.

Pr 4:18 But the path of the righteous ones is like the light of dawn, leading and shining until the day is full.

Pr 10:3 Yahweh will not cause a righteous person to go hungry, but the craving of the wicked he will thwart.

Pr 10:6 Blessings belong to the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Pr 10:7 The memory of righteousness is like a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

Pr 10:11 A fountain of life is a mouth of righteousness, and a mouth of wickedness conceals violence.

Pr 10:16 The wage of the righteous leads to life; the gain of the wicked to sin.

Pr 10:20 Choice silver is a tongue of righteousness, a heart of wickedness is of little worth.

Pr 10:21 Lips of righteousness feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.

Pr 10:24 The dread of the wicked will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

Pr 10:25 With the passing of the tempest, there is no wickedness, but the righteous have a foundation forever.

Pr 10:28 The hope of the righteous is gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.

Pr 10:30 The righteous one is forever; he will not be removed. But the wicked will not remain in the land.

Pr 10:31 The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a tongue of perversity will be cut off.

Pr 10:32 The lips of the righteous know the acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, the perverse.