'Right' in the Bible

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the leaders of Israel said to them, "You have no right to help us build the temple of our God. We will build it by ourselves for the Lord God of Israel, just as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us."

Since we have taken an oath of loyalty to the king, and it is not right for us to witness his dishonor, we have sent to inform the king

Right about then, Trans-Euphrates Governor Tattenai, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues approached and challenged them. They asked, "Who authorized you to build this Temple and to reconstruct this wall?"

And whatever seems right to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and gold, that do, as may be pleasing to your God.

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

From the days of our fathers until this very day our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities we, along with our kings and priests, have been delivered over by the local kings to sword, captivity, plunder, and embarrassment -- right up to the present time.

Let us now make an agreement with our God to put away all the wives and all their children, if it seems right to my lord and to those who go in fear of the words of our God; and let it be done in keeping with the law.

And all the assembly answer and say with a great voice, 'Right; according to thy word -- on us to do;

Then I related to them how the good hand of my God was on me and what the king had said to me. Then they replied, "Let's begin rebuilding right away!" So they readied themselves for this good project.

Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

Shallun son of Col-Hozeh, the commander of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it and covered it and erected its doors, its bolts, its bars, and [he built] the wall of the Pool of Shelah of the king's garden, right up to the steps going down from the city of David.

And neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our garments: every one had his weapon on his right side.

Then I said, “What you are doing isn’t right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God and not invite the reproach of our foreign enemies?

Now from the time when I was made ruler of the people in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year till the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I and my servants have never taken the food which was the right of the ruler.

Now the food made ready for one day was one ox and six fat sheep, as well as fowls; and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine: but all the same, I did not take the food to which the ruler had a right, because the people were crushed under a hard yoke.

And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:

Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:

And he was pleased with the girl and was kind to her; and he quickly gave her what was needed for making her clean, and the things which were hers by right, and seven servant-girls who were to be hers from the king's house: and he had her and her servant-girls moved to the best place in the women's part of the house.

And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain nation living here and there in small groups among the people in all the divisions of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of any other nation, and they do not keep the king's laws: for this reason it is not right for the king to let them be.

And the king said to Haman, The money is yours, and the people, to do with them whatever seems right to you.

And King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, "Who [is] he, and where [is] he, who {gave himself the right to do this}?"

And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:

The king’s edict gave the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate every ethnic and provincial army hostile to them, including women and children, and to take their possessions as spoils of war.

So the Lord said to Satan, "All right then, everything he has is in your power. Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!" So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

So the Lord said to Satan, "All right, he is in your power; only preserve his life."

“Remember now, who, being innocent, ever perished?Or where [and in what circumstances] were those upright and in right standing with God destroyed?

‘Can [mortal] man be just before God or be more righteous than He?Can a man be pure before his Maker or be more cleansed than He?

You'll go to your grave at a ripe old age; like a stack of grain that's harvested at just the right time.

Lo, this -- we searched it out -- it is right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!

How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

Does God pervert justice?Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

"Indeed, I'm fully aware that this is so, but how can a person become right with God?

If He passes by me, I wouldn’t see Him;if He goes right by, I wouldn’t recognize Him.

How much less may I give an answer to him, using the right words in argument with him?

Even if I were in the right, I could not answer.I could only beg my Judge for mercy.

Even if I were in the right, my own mouth would condemn me;if I were blameless, my mouth would declare me guilty.

I speak, and do not fear Him, But I am not right with myself.

‘Is it right for You indeed to oppress,To reject the labor of Your hands,And to look favorably on the schemes of the wicked?

I should have been as though I had never existed; I should have been carried right from the womb to the grave!

Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?

“If you would direct your heart rightAnd spread out your hand to Him,

But you put a false face on things; all your attempts to put things right are of no value.

Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?

He will certainly put you right, if you have respect for persons in secret.

Now then, I have prepared my case;I know that I am right.

"What is mankind, that he can be blameless? Or does being born of a woman mean he'll be in the right?

And he has made his resting-place in the towns which have been pulled down, in houses where no man had a right to be, whose fate was to become masses of broken walls.

That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!

“Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his ways,And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

"For he has stumbled into a net with his own feet; he walked right into the network!

“Is it any pleasure or joy to the Almighty that you are righteous?Or is it of benefit to Him that you make your ways perfect?

Put yourself now in a right relation with him and be at peace: so will you do well in your undertakings.

“There the righteous and upright could reason with Him;So I would be acquitted forever by my Judge.

On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

How can a human being become right with God? How can a human being be pure?

As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul,

I will never affirm that you are right.I will maintain my integrity until I die.

“I hold fast my uprightness and my right standing with God and I will not let them go;My heart does not reproach me for any of my days.

I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.

Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

"If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me,

“For if my land has cried out against me,And its furrows weep together;

So these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes [and could not be persuaded otherwise by them].

And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was angry, burning with wrath against Job, because he seemed to himself more right than God;

I said to myself, It is right for the old to say what is in their minds, and for those who are far on in years to give out wisdom.

It is not the aged who are wise, nor old men who understand what is right.

"Look! I have waited to hear your speech, so I listened to your insights while you searched for the right words to say.

"You aren't right about this; My response is that God is greater than human beings.

If there is an angel on his side,one mediator out of a thousand,to tell a person what is right for him

“He will pray to God, and He shall be favorable to him,So that he looks at His face with joy;For God restores to man His righteousness [that is, his right standing with God—with its joys].

He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

Let us judge for ourselves what is right;let us decide together what is good.

For Job hath said, 'I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right,

Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.

Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And none of His ways have considered wisely,

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

“He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous [those in right standing with Him];But with kings upon the throneHe has seated them forever, and they are exalted.

“The Almighty—we cannot find Him;He is exalted in powerAnd He will not do violence to [nor disregard] justice and abundant righteousness.

Do you make Mazzaroth come out in its right time, or are the Bear and its children guided by you?

Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

stared down and subdued every proud person, trampled the wicked right where they are,

Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.

Therefore the wicked will not stand [unpunished] in the judgment,Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!You have freed me when I was hemmed in and relieved me when I was in distress;Be gracious to me and hear [and respond to] my prayer.

Offer righteous sacrifices;Trust [confidently] in the Lord.

O Lord, lead me in Your righteousness because of my enemies;Make Your way straight (direct, right) before me.

For You, O Lord, bless the righteous man [the one who is in right standing with You];You surround him with favor as with a shield.

The Lord judges the peoples;Judge me, O Lord, and grant me justice according to my righteousness and according to the integrity within me.

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

And those who know Your name [who have experienced Your precious mercy] will put their confident trust in You,For You, O Lord, have not abandoned those who seek You.

For the music director; by David. Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.