G1342

δίκαιος

dikaios

Adjective · From δίκη (G1349)

From G1349; equitable (in character or act); by implication, innocent, holy (absolutely or relatively):—just, meet, right(-eous).

Outline

righteous, observing divine laws

in a wide sense, upright, righteous, virtuous, keeping the commands of God

of those who seem to themselves to be righteous, who pride themselves to be righteous, who pride themselves in their virtues, whether real or imagined
innocent, faultless, guiltless
used of him whose way of thinking, feeling, and acting is wholly conformed to the will of God, and who therefore needs no rectification in the heart or life

only Christ truly

approved of or acceptable of God

in a narrower sense, rendering to each his due and that in a judicial sense, passing just judgment on others, whether expressed in words or shown by the manner of dealing with them

Usages (2/2)

2 Thessalonians 1:5

Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

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2 Thessalonians 1:6

Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

Precepts

Revelation 13:10

Revenge

Genesis 9:6 Exodus 21:16 Numbers 35:33 Psalms 137:8-9 Psalms 149:7 Isaiah 14:2 Isaiah 14:21 Isaiah 33:1 Jeremiah 30:16 Jeremiah 49:12 Ezekiel 35:5-9 Ezekiel 35:15 Joel 3:7 2 Esdras 15:56-57 Colossians 3:25 Revelation 13:10 Revelation 18:6

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1 Timothy 1:9

Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

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law is not made for a righteous man A righteous man will, by definition, keep the law and therefore have no need for the law.

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2 Timothy 4:8

Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

The Reward

Wisdom 5:15-16 Ecclesiasticus 36:16 2 Esdras 2:45 Matthew 19:28 1 Corinthians 9:25 James 1:12 Revelation 2:26 Revelation 20:4 Revelation 22:12

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Titus 1:8

But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

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Hebrews 10:38

Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

Quoting Habakkuk 2:4

Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

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Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

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Hebrews 12:23

To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

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James 5:6

Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

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James 5:16

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

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1 Peter 3:12

For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

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1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

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1 Peter 4:18

And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

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2 Peter 1:13

Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

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2 Peter 2:7

And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

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2 Peter 2:8

(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

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1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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1 John 2:1

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

Keep The Law

Psalms 4:4 Ecclesiasticus 15:20 Ecclesiasticus 17:25 Ecclesiasticus 29:19 2 Esdras 15:22 2 Esdras 15:24 Matthew 5:17 Matthew 19:17 John 5:14 John 8:11 John 14:15 Romans 3:31 Galatians 5:13 Hebrews 10:26 1 Peter 2:16 1 John 3:8

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1 John 2:29

If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

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1 John 3:7

Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

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1 John 3:12

Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

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Revelation 15:3

And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.

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song of Moses Exodus 15 when the Children of Israel were celebrating the deliverance from Egypt. song of the Lamb The song that the prophets are "singing" now.

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Revelation 16:5

And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.

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Revelation 16:7

And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

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Revelation 19:2

For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

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Revelation 22:11

He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

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