Tsedeq — Righteousness

Rightness by a true standard — honest weights and measures are called 'balances of tsedeq'. Justice you can weigh.

Tsedeq in the Bible — example verses

“Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.”Leviticus 19:15 (KJV)

“Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.”Leviticus 19:36 (KJV)

“And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.”Deuteronomy 1:16 (KJV)

“Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.”Deuteronomy 16:18 (KJV)

“That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”Deuteronomy 16:20 (KJV)

“But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”Deuteronomy 25:15 (KJV)

“They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.”Deuteronomy 33:19 (KJV)

“Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.”Job 6:29 (KJV)

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