Tsade

You are righteous, Lord, and Your judgments are right.  Psalm 119:137  NASB צַדִּ֣יק אַתָּ֣ה יְהֹוָ֑ה וְ֜יָשָׁ֗ר מִשְׁפָּטֶֽיךָ You are righteous, O Lord, and Your judgments are upright. צִוִּיתָ צֶ֣דֶק עֵֽדֹתֶ֑יךָ וֶֽאֱמוּנָ֥ה מְאֹֽד You commanded Your testimonies, [which are] righteousness, and they are exceedingly faithful. צִמְּתַ֥תְנִי קִנְאָתִ֑י כִּי־שָֽׁכְח֖וּ דְבָרֶ֣יךָ צָרָֽי My zeal incenses me, for my adversaries…

Paul’s Measuring Stick

Retain the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.  2 Timothy 1:13  NASB Standard – “The Torah was the absolute standard against which all other beliefs and practices were measured.  If a ruling or teaching did not agree with Torah (at least…

Are You Righteous?

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, that shines brighter and brighter until the full day.  Proverbs 4:18  NASB Righteous – This Hebrew word (tsedeq), occurring more than 250 times in the Old Testament, carries the connotation of moral conformity to norm or standard.  It is used to describe the…