Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his feet, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.

For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.

Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous sins not, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also you have delivered your soul.

Therefore, you son of man, say unto the children of your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live because of his righteousness in the day that he sins.

Suppose there be fifty righteous within the city: will you also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are there?

That be far from you to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from you: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.

And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get honor over Pharaoh, and over all his host, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.

But you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

And it yields much increase unto the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

You shall surely set him king over you, whom the LORD your God shall choose: one from among your brethren shall you set king over you: you may not set a stranger over you, who is not your brother.

And reigned over mount Hermon, and over Salcah, and over all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half of Gilead, to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

Then the spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.

And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.

And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

And there went over a ferryboat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;

Now Joab was over all the army of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:

And David assembled all the leaders of Israel, the leaders of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by division, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possessions of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.

And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten honor over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.

At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto you because of your righteous judgments.

I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep your righteous judgments.

[Tsadde] Righteous are you, O LORD, and upright are your judgments.

Your testimonies that you have commanded are righteous and very faithful.

Your word is true from the beginning: and every one of your righteous judgments endures forever.

Seven times a day do I praise you because of your righteous judgments.

The LORD is righteous: he has cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto your name: the upright shall dwell in your presence.

Let the righteous strike me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be against their evil.

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise your name: the righteous shall surround me; for you shall deal bountifully with me.

The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

The LORD opens the eyes of the blind: the LORD raises them that are bowed down: the LORD loves the righteous:

He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a shield to them that walk uprightly.

That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

For the perverse is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

The LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casts away the desire of the wicked.

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

The labor of the righteous leads to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for lack of wisdom.

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

As the whirlwind passes, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the land.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.

The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his stead.

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

Though they join hand to hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the descendants of the righteous shall be delivered.

The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

He that trusts in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise.

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed on the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

A righteous man regards the life of his animal: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

The wicked desires the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yields fruit.

The righteous chooses his friends carefully: but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

A righteous man hates lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and comes to shame.

The light of the righteous rejoices: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Evil pursues sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall go hungry.

Fools make a mockery of sin: but among the righteous there is favor.

The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.

In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the income of the wicked is trouble.

The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made a highway.

The heart of the righteous studies to answer: but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

The LORD is far from the wicked: but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaks what is right.

It is not good to be partial to the wicked, or to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runs into it, and is safe.

The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked: but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

He covets greedily all the day long: but the righteous gives and spares not.

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begets a wise child shall have joy in him.

Lie not in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

He that says unto the wicked, you are righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a muddied fountain, and a polluted spring.

The wicked flee when no man pursues: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Whosoever causes the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

When the wicked arise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bears rule, the people mourn.

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous does sing and rejoice.

The righteous considers the cause of the poor: but the wicked regards not such knowledge.

When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increases: but the righteous shall see their fall.

I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time for every purpose and for every work.

Be not overly righteous; neither make yourself overly wise: why should you destroy yourself?

There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are just men, unto whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men, to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knows either love or hatred by all that is before them.

All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrifices, and to him that sacrifices not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that swears, as he that fears an oath.

O LORD God of Israel, you are righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before you in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before you because of this.

Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

Say you to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

Who justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the justice of the righteous from him!