Strong's G1344 δικαιόω (dikaioo)

And Judah knew them, and said, Tamar is cleared rather than I, forasmuch as I gave her not to Shelah my son: and he knew her not again.

And Judah said, What shall we answer to our lord, or what shall we say, or wherein should we be justified? whereas God has discovered the unrighteousness of thy servants; behold, we are slaves to our lord, both we and he with whom the cup has been found.

Thou shalt abstain from every unjust thing: thou shalt not slay the innocent and just, and thou shalt not justify the wicked for gifts.

And if there should be a dispute between men, and they should come forward to judgment, and the judges judge, and justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked:

And Absalom said, O that one would make me a judge in the land; then every man who had a dispute or a cause would come to me, and I would judge him!

then shalt thou hear from heaven, and do, and thou shalt judge thy people Israel, that the wicked should be condemned, to recompense his way upon his head; and to justify the righteous, to give to him according to his righteousness.

then shalt thou hearken out of heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, to recompense the transgressor, and to return his ways upon his head: and to justify the righteous, to recompense him according to his righteousness.

If thou hast words, answer me: Speak, for I desire thee to be justified.

The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever and ever: The judgments of the Lord are true, and justified altogether.

Against thee only have I sinned, And done evil before thee: That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, And mightest overcome when thou art judged.

And I said, Verily in vain have I justified my heart, And washed my hands in innocency.

Judge the orphan and poor: Do justice to the low and needy.

And enter not into judgment with thy servant, For in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

learn to do well; diligently seek judgment, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow.

who justify the ungodly for rewards, and take away the righteousness of the righteous.

The Lord God has taken counsel that he might be justified, and might magnify his praise.

All the nations are gathered together, and princes shall be gathered out of them: who will declare these things? or who will declare to you things from the beginning? let them bring forth their witnesses, and be justified; and let them hear, and declare the truth.

But do thou remember, and let us plead together: do thou first confess thy transgressions, that thou mayest be justified.

By the Lord shall they be justified, and in God shall all the seed of the children of Israel be glorified.

for he that has justified me draws near; who is he that pleads with me? let him stand up against me at the same time: yea, who is he that pleads with me? let him draw nigh to me.

the Lord also is pleased to take away from the travail of his soul, to show him light, and to form him with understanding; to justify the just one who serves many well; and he shall bear their sins.

And the Lord said to me, Israel has justified himself more than faithless Judah.

Also Samaria has not sinned according to half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine iniquities beyond them, and thou hast justified thy sisters in all thine iniquities which thou hast committed.

Thou therefore bear thy punishment, for that thou hast corrupted thy sisters by thy sins which thou hast committed beyond them; and thou hast made them appear more righteous than thyself: thou therefore be ashamed, and bear thy dishonor, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

and what if even the tribe be rejected? it shall not be, saith the Lord God.

And these shall attend at a judgment of blood to decide it: they shall rightly observe my ordinances, and judge my judgments, and keep my statutes and my commandments in all my feasts; and they shall hallow my Sabbaths.

Shall the wicked be justified by the balance, or deceitful weights in the bag,

I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he make good my cause: he also shall maintain my right, and shall bring me out to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

But wisdom is justified of all her children.

But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.

But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

For he that is dead is freed from sin.

Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?

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.

And the maid is fair and wise: now therefore hear me, and I will speak to her father; and when we return from Rages we will celebrate the marriage: for I know that Raguel cannot marry her to another according to the law of Moses, but he shall be guilty of death, because the right of inheritance doth rather appertain to thee than to any other.

Then the young man answered the angel, I have heard, brother Azariah, that this maid hath been given to seven men, who all died in the marriage chamber.

Then the old man said, It is due unto him.

For the sway of his fury shall be his destruction.

Justify not thyself before the Lord; And boast not of thy wisdom before the king.

Delight not in the thing that the ungodly have pleasure in; But remember they shall not go unpunished unto their grave.

Who will justify him that sinneth against his own soul? And who will honor him that dishonoreth his own life?

When a rich man is fallen, he hath many helpers: He speaketh things not to be spoken, and yet men justify him: The poor man slipped, and yet they rebuked him too; He spoke wisely, and could have no place.

The Lord only is righteous.

Let nothing hinder thee to pay thy vow in due time, And defer not until death to be justified.

A man that useth much swearing shall be filled with iniquity, And the plague shall never depart from his house: If he shall offend, his sin shall be upon him: And if he acknowledge not his sin, he maketh a double offense: And if he swear in vain, he shall not be innocent, But his house shall be full of calamities.

A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong; And a huckster shall not be freed from sin.

Divinations, and soothsayings, and dreams, are vain: And the heart fancieth, as a woman’s heart in travail.

Of the law of the most High, and his covenant; And of judgment to justify the ungodly;

acquire wealth and see good days. Have ye seen the righteous how their end falls out, that no manner