Isaiah 11:5
Good News Translation
He will rule his people with justice and integrity.

New Revised Standard Version
Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his loins.

Contemporary English Version
Honesty and fairness will be his royal robes.

New American Bible
Justice shall be the band around his waist, and faithfulness a belt upon his hips.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And justice shall be the girdle of his loins: and faith the girdle of his reins.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And justice shall be the girdle of his loins: and faith the girdle of his reins.

righteousness

Isaiah 59:17 He put on justice as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head: he put on the garments of vengeance, and was clad with zeal as with a cloak.

Psalm 93:1 The Lord hath reigned, he is clothed with beauty: the Lord is clothed with strength, and hath girded himself. For he hath established the world which shall not be moved.

2 Corinthians 6:7 In the word of truth, in the power of God: by the armour of justice on the right hand and on the left:

Ephesians 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth and having on the breastplate of justice:

1 Peter 4:1 Christ therefore having suffered in the flesh, be you also armed with the same thought: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sins:

Revelation 1:13 And in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks, one like to the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the feet, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

and faithfulness

Isaiah 25:1 O Lord, thou art my God, I will exalt O thee, and give glory to thy name: for thou hast done wonderful things, thy designs of old faithful, amen.

Hosea 2:20 And I will espouse thee to me in faith: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

Hebrews 2:17 Wherefore, it behoved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest before God, that he might be a propitiation for the sins of the people.

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.

Revelation 3:14 And to the angel of the church of Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, who is the beginning of the creation of God:

Context
The Root of Jesse
4But he shall judge the poor with justice, and shall reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked. 5And justice shall be the girdle of his loins: and faith the girdle of his reins.6The wolf shall dwell with the lamb: and the leopard shall lie down with the kid: the calf and the lion, and the sheep shall abide together, and a little child shall lead them.…
Cross References
Ephesians 6:14
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth and having on the breastplate of justice:

Psalm 109:19
May it be unto him like a garment which covereth him; and like a girdle with which he is girded continually.

Isaiah 9:7
His empire shall be multiplied, and there shall be no end of peace: he shall sit upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom; to establish it and strengthen it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth and for ever: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Isaiah 25:1
O Lord, thou art my God, I will exalt O thee, and give glory to thy name: for thou hast done wonderful things, thy designs of old faithful, amen.

Isaiah 32:1
Behold a king shall reign in justice, and princes shall rule in judgment.

Zechariah 8:16
These then are the things, which you shall do: Speak ye truth every one to his neighbour; judge ye truth and judgment of peace in your gates.

Isaiah 11:4
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