'Godly' in the Bible

So she had a talk with her husband. "Look here! I've learned that this is a holy and godly man who comes by here on a regular basis.

"No, sir! Please, as a godly man, don't mislead your servant!" But the woman did conceive and did bear a son at that very same time the next year, just as Elisha had told her.

Then she called to her husband and asked him, "Please send me one of the servants, along with one of the donkeys, so I can ride quickly to see that godly man. I'll be right back."

As Josiah turned around, he observed the graves located there on the mountain, so he sent for and recovered the bones from the graves and burned them on the altar to defile it, in keeping with the message from the LORD that the godly man had proclaimed when he was declaring these things.

He asked, "What is this monument that I'm looking at?" The men who lived in that city answered him, "It's the grave of that godly man who came from Judah and predicted these things that you've done against the altar at Bethel!"

"And now may the LORD God arise, to your place of rest, you, and the ark of your power! Let your priests, LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and cause your godly ones to find their joy in what is good.

But understand this: the LORD has set apart the godly for himself! The LORD will hear me when I cry out to him!

Help, LORD, for godly people no longer exist; trustworthy people have disappeared from humanity.

You, his godly ones, sing to the LORD, give thanks at the mention of his holiness.

Love the LORD, all his godly ones! The LORD preserves the faithful and repays those who act with proud motives.

Therefore every godly person should pray to you at such a time. Surely a flood of great waters will not reach him.

Indeed, the LORD loves justice, and he will not abandon his godly ones. They are kept safe forever, but the lawless will be chased away, and the descendants of the wicked will be cut off.

to give the corpses of your servants as food for the birds of the skies and the flesh of your godly ones to the beasts of the earth;

Blessed is the LORD forever! Amen and amen! A prayer by Moses, the godly man

May your priests be clothed with righteousness and may your godly ones shout for joy.

I will clothe its priests with salvation and its godly ones will shout for joy.

Hallelujah! Sing a new song to the LORD, praising him where the godly gather together.

"Ephraim surrounds me with lies, and the house of Israel surrounds me with deceit, But Judah still rules with God, and remains faithful, along with the godly ones."

Did he not make them one? And the vestige of the spirit remains in him. And why did he make them one? He was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and don't be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

For this is what we boast about: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world with pure motives and godly sincerity, without earthly wisdom but with God's grace especially toward you.

Now I am happy, not because you had such sorrow, but because your sorrow led you to repent. For you were sorry in a godly way, and so you were not hurt by us in any way.

For having sorrow in a godly way results in repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets. But the sorrow of the world produces death.

See what great earnestness godly sorrow has produced in you! How ready you are to clear yourselves, how indignant, how alarmed, how full of longing and enthusiasm, how eager to seek justice! In every way you have demonstrated that you are innocent in this matter.

By common confession, the secret of our godly worship is great: In flesh was he revealed to sight, kept righteous by the Spirit's might, adored by angels singing. To nations was he manifest, believing souls found peace and rest, our Lord in heaven reigning!

Do not have anything to do with godless myths and fables of old women. Instead, train yourself to be godly.

If anyone teaches false doctrine and refuses to agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, and godly teaching,

Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in union with the Messiah Jesus will be persecuted.

It trains us to renounce ungodly living and worldly passions so that we might live sensible, honest, and godly lives in the present age

then the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials and to hold unrighteous people for punishment on the day of judgment,

Since everything will be destroyed in this way, think of the kind of holy and godly people you ought to be