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just

Meaning of “just”

Right, righteous, upright, equitable, lawful, or fair.

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94 occurrences87 verses33 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 6:9

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Isaiah 29:21
That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 29:21 · retained source text

That make a man an offendour for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproueth in the gate, and turne aside the iust for a thing of nought.

Isaiah 45:21
Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 45:21 · retained source text

Tell ye and bring them neere, yea let them take counsell together, who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? Haue not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me, a iust God and a Sauiour, there is none beside me.

Lamentations 4:13
¶ For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 4:13 · retained source text

¶ For the sinnes of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that haue shed the blood of the iust in the middest of her:

1611 marginal noteIer.5.31. and 23.21.

Ezekiel 18:5
¶ But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 18:5 · retained source text

¶ But if a man be iust, and do that which is lawfull and right:

1611 marginal noteHeb. iudgment and iustice.

Ezekiel 18:9
Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 18:9 · retained source text

Hath walked in my Statutes, and hath kept my Iudgements to deale truely; hee is iust, hee shall surely liue, saith the LORD God.

Ezekiel 45:10
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 45:10 · retained source text

Ye shall haue iust ballances, and a iust Ephah, and a iust Bath.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 19.3,35,36.

Hosea 14:9
Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Hosea 14:9 · retained source text

Who is wise, and hee shall vnderstand these things? prudent, and hee shall know them? for the wayes of the LORD are right, and the iust shall walke in them: but the transgressours shall fall therein.

Amos 5:12
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Amos 5:12 · retained source text

For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mighty sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take a bribe, and they turne aside the poore in the gate from their right.

1611 marginal noteOr, a ransome.

Habakkuk 2:4
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Habakkuk 2:4 · retained source text

Behold, his soule which is lifted vp, is not vpright in him; but the iust shall liue by his faith.

1611 marginal noteIohn 3.36. rom.1.7. gal.3.11. heb.10.38.

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