'Godly' in the Bible

Of Levi he said,“Let Your Thummim and Your Urim belong to Your godly man,Whom You proved at Massah,With whom You contended at the waters of Meribah;

“He keeps the feet of His godly ones,But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness;For not by might shall a man prevail.

“Now therefore arise, O Lord God, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might; let Your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation and let Your godly ones rejoice in what is good.

But know that the Lord has set apart the godly man for Himself;The Lord hears when I call to Him.

For the choir director; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases to be,For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

Sing praise to the Lord, you His godly ones,And give thanks to His holy name.

O love the Lord, all you His godly ones!The Lord preserves the faithfulAnd fully recompenses the proud doer.

Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found;Surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him.

For the Lord loves justiceAnd does not forsake His godly ones;They are preserved forever,But the descendants of the wicked will be cut off.

“Gather My godly ones to Me,Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it,And I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.

They have given the dead bodies of Your servants for food to the birds of the heavens,The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.

I will hear what God the Lord will say;For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones;But let them not turn back to folly.

Preserve my soul, for I am a godly man;O You my God, save Your servant who trusts in You.

Once You spoke in vision to Your godly ones,And said, “I have given help to one who is mighty;I have exalted one chosen from the people.

Hate evil, you who love the Lord,Who preserves the souls of His godly ones;He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

Precious in the sight of the LordIs the death of His godly ones.

Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness,And let Your godly ones sing for joy.

“Her priests also I will clothe with salvation,And her godly ones will sing aloud for joy.

All Your works shall give thanks to You, O Lord,And Your godly ones shall bless You.

And He has lifted up a horn for His people,Praise for all His godly ones;Even for the sons of Israel, a people near to Him.Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord!Sing to the Lord a new song,And His praise in the congregation of the godly ones.

Let the godly ones exult in glory;Let them sing for joy on their beds.

To execute on them the judgment written;This is an honor for all His godly ones.Praise the Lord!

Guarding the paths of justice,And He preserves the way of His godly ones.

The godly person has perished from the land,And there is no upright person among men.All of them lie in wait for bloodshed;Each of them hunts the other with a net.

But not one has done so who has a remnant of the Spirit. And what did that one do while he was seeking a godly offspring? Take heed then to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of your youth.

For our proud confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.

For behold what earnestness this very thing, this godly sorrow, has produced in you: what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what avenging of wrong! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in the matter.

For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin.

Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age,

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,