KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Right, just, equitable, or in accord with truth, justice, or the will of God. Sense 2: Upright or innocent in a matter. Sense 3: Made or regarded as right. Sense 4: As a noun, persons so described.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 7:1
Complete exact-word concordance
For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
1611 marginal notePsal.25.13.
The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
The LORD will not suffer the soule of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
1611 marginal noteOr, the wicked for their wickednesse.
1611 marginal notePsal.37.25.
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence couereth the mouth of the wicked.
1611 marginal noteChap. 13.14.
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruite of the wicked to sinne.
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
The lippes of the righteous feed many: but fooles die for want of wisedome.
1611 marginal noteHebr. of heart.
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
The feare of the wicked, it shall come vpon him: but the desire of the righteous shalbe granted.
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
As the whirlewinde passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an euerlasting foundation.
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
The hope of the righteous shall bee gladnesse: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
1611 marginal noteIob 8.13. and 11.20. psal.112.10.
The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
The righteous shall neuer bee remooued: but the wicked shall not inhabite the earth.
1611 marginal notePsal.125.1. and 37.22.
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardnesse.
1611 marginal noteHebr. frowardnesses.
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Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
Just; accordant to the divine law. Applied to things, it denotes consonant to the divine will or to justice. The righteous, in Scripture, denote the servants of God, the saints. Just; equitable; merited.
