Hebrew
צְדָקָה tse·da·qah
“righteousness” · 157 times in the Old Testament
Through the Bible
- “righteousness” 104
- “right” 9
- “righteous acts” 7
- “vindication” 5
- “justice” 4
- other ways 28
- dikaiosunē, the Greek the New Testament uses for it 92
In the New Testament it continues as dikaiosunē: Romans 4:3 quotes Genesis 15:6, and puts this word in Greek.
As a table, book by book
| Book | Times |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 3 |
| Deuteronomy | 6 |
| Judges | 2 |
| 1 Samuel | 2 |
| 2 Samuel | 4 |
| 1 Kings | 3 |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 |
| 2 Chronicles | 2 |
| Nehemiah | 1 |
| Job | 4 |
| Psalms | 34 |
| Proverbs | 18 |
| Isaiah | 36 |
| Jeremiah | 8 |
| Ezekiel | 20 |
| Daniel | 3 |
| Hosea | 1 |
| Joel | 1 |
| Amos | 3 |
| Micah | 2 |
| Zechariah | 1 |
| Malachi | 2 |
| Matthew | 7 |
| Luke | 1 |
| John | 2 |
| Acts | 4 |
| Romans | 34 |
| 1 Corinthians | 1 |
| 2 Corinthians | 7 |
| Galatians | 4 |
| Ephesians | 3 |
| Philippians | 4 |
| 1 Timothy | 1 |
| 2 Timothy | 3 |
| Titus | 1 |
| Hebrews | 6 |
| James | 3 |
| 1 Peter | 2 |
| 2 Peter | 4 |
| 1 John | 3 |
| Revelation | 2 |
How the BSB translates it
Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.
With a pronoun joined
Hebrew joins “me”, “you”, “him” and the like to the end of a word.
Where it occurs
Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.
“righteousness” 104
Deuteronomy 1
- 6:25 …that will be our righteousness
1 Samuel 1
- 26:23 …LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness For the…
2 Samuel 1
- 8:15 …Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people…
1 Kings 2
1 Chronicles 1
- 18:14 …Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people…
2 Chronicles 1
- 9:8 …to carry out justice and righteousness
Job 4
Psalms 29
- 5:8 …Lead me O LORD in Your righteousness because of my enemies…
- 22:31 …will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet…
- 31:1 …to shame save me by Your righteousness
- 33:5 …The LORD loves righteousness and justice the earth…
- 36:6 Your righteousness is like the highest…
- 36:10 …those who know You and Your righteousness to the upright in…
- 40:10 …have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart I…
- 51:14 …my tongue will sing of Your righteousness
- 69:27 …let them not share in Your righteousness
- 71:15 …My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all…
- 71:16 …GOD I will proclaim Your righteousness Yours alone…
- 71:19 Your righteousness reaches to the heavens…
- 71:24 …tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long for…
- 72:1 …son of the king with Your righteousness
- 88:12 …known in the darkness or Your righteousness in the land of…
- 89:16 …name all day long and in Your righteousness they exult…
- 98:2 …His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations…
- 99:4 …You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob…
- 103:6 …The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all…
- 103:17 …those who fear Him and His righteousness to their children’s children…
- 106:3 …uphold justice who practice righteousness at all times…
- 111:3 …majestic is His work His righteousness endures forever…
- 112:3 …are in his house and his righteousness endures forever…
- 112:9 …gifts to the poor his righteousness endures forever his horn…
- 119:40 …Your precepts Revive me in Your righteousness
- 119:142 Your righteousness is everlasting and Your…
- 143:1 …ear to my plea in Your righteousness answer me…
- 143:11 …O LORD revive me In Your righteousness bring my soul out…
- 145:7 …and sing joyfully of Your righteousness
Proverbs 17
- 8:18 …and honor enduring wealth and righteousness
- 8:20 …walk in the way of righteousness along the paths of…
- 10:2 …gotten treasures profit nothing but righteousness brings deliverance from death…
- 11:4 …the day of wrath but righteousness brings deliverance from death…
- 11:5 The righteousness of the blameless directs…
- 11:6 The righteousness of the upright delivers…
- 11:18 …but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward…
- 11:19 …Genuine righteousness leads to life but…
- 12:28 …life in the path of righteousness but another path leads…
- 13:6 Righteousness guards the man of…
- 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation but…
- 15:9 …loves those who pursue righteousness
- 16:8 …Better a little with righteousness than great gain with…
- 16:31 …attained along the path of righteousness
- 21:3 …To do righteousness and justice is more…
- 21:21 …He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds…
- 21:21 …loving devotion finds life righteousness and honor…
Isaiah 23
- 1:27 …justice her repentant ones with righteousness
- 5:7 …justice but saw bloodshed for righteousness but heard a cry…
- 5:16 …will show Himself holy in righteousness
- 9:7 …sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and…
- 10:22 …has been decreed overflowing with righteousness
- 28:17 …justice the measuring line and righteousness the level Hail will…
- 32:16 …will inhabit the wilderness and righteousness will dwell in the…
- 32:17 …The work of righteousness will be peace the…
- 32:17 …be peace the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence…
- 33:5 …filled Zion with justice and righteousness
- 45:8 …that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it…
- 45:24 …In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength All who…
- 46:12 …stubborn people far removed from righteousness
- 48:1 …not in truth or righteousness
- 48:18 …been like a river and your righteousness like waves of the…
- 51:6 …salvation will last forever and My righteousness will never fail…
- 51:8 …eat them like wool But My righteousness will last forever My…
- 54:14 In righteousness you will be established…
- 56:1 …salvation is coming soon and My righteousness will be revealed…
- 57:12 …I will expose your righteousness and your works and…
- 59:9 …is far from us and righteousness does not reach us…
- 59:14 …justice is turned away and righteousness stands at a distance…
- 59:17 …He put on righteousness like a breastplate and…
And 24 more, on the full page.
“right” 9
Nehemiah 1
- 2:20 …you have no portion right or claim in Jerusalem…
Ezekiel 8
- 18:5 …does what is just and right
- 18:19 …done what is just and right carefully observing all My…
- 18:21 …does what is just and right he will surely live…
- 18:27 …does what is just and right he will save his…
- 33:14 …does what is just and right
- 33:16 …done what is just and right he will surely live…
- 33:19 …does what is just and right he will live because…
- 45:9 …do what is just and right Stop dispossessing My people…
“righteous acts” 7
“vindication” 5
“justice” 4
“what is right” 3
“as righteousness” 2
“because of your righteousness” 2
“according to my righteousness” 2
“according to his righteousness” 2
“righteous” 2
“honesty” 1
Genesis 1
- 30:33 So my honesty will testify for me…
“because of my righteousness” 1
Deuteronomy 1
- 9:4 …say in your heart Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought…
“credited to you as righteousness” 1
Deuteronomy 1
- 24:13 …and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your…
“righteous deeds” 1
Judges 1
- 5:11 …acts of the LORD the righteous deeds of His villagers in…
“right then” 1
2 Samuel 1
- 19:28 …your table What further right, then do I have to…
“bring righteousness” 1
Psalms 1
- 72:3 …people and the hills bring righteousness
“through righteousness” 1
Proverbs 1
- 16:12 …a throne is established through righteousness
“righteously” 1
Isaiah 1
- 33:15 …He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity…
“truth” 1
Isaiah 1
- 45:23 …Myself I have sworn truth has gone out from…
“am bringing my righteousness” 1
Isaiah 1
- 46:13 I am bringing My righteousness near it is not…
“own righteousness” 1
Isaiah 1
- 59:16 …own arm brought salvation and His own righteousness sustained Him…
“cause righteousness” 1
Isaiah 1
- 61:11 …so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring…
“because of the righteousness” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 18:22 …be held against him Because of the righteousness he has practiced he…
“righteous works” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 33:13 …commits iniquity then none of his righteous works will be remembered he…
“belongs righteousness” 1
Daniel 1
- 9:7 …To You O Lord belongs righteousness but this day we…
The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.