And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away privately.

So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.

But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.

He who gives honour to a prophet, in the name of a prophet, will be given a prophet's reward; and he who gives honour to an upright man, in the name of an upright man, will be given an upright man's reward.

For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear.

So that on you may come all the blood of the upright on the earth, from the blood of upright Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you put to death between the Temple and the altar.

Then will the upright make answer to him, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food, and give it to you? or in need of drink, and give it to you?

And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.

Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business.

And while he was on the judge's seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that upright man, for I have had much trouble this day in a dream because of him.

So when Pilate saw that he was able to do nothing, but that trouble was working up, he took water and, washing his hands before the people, said, The blood of this upright man is not on my hands: you are responsible.

And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill: I have come not to get the upright but sinners.

For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly.

They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.

And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.

I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.

And you will have a blessing, because they will not be able to give you any payment, and you will get your reward when the upright come back from the dead.

And when the captain saw what was done, he gave praise to God, saying, Without doubt this was an upright man.

Now there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority and a good and upright man

But you would have nothing to do with the Holy and Upright One, and made request for a man of blood to be given to you,

Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death;

And they said, Cornelius, a captain, an upright and God-fearing man, respected by all the nation of the Jews, had word from God by an angel to send for you to his house, and to give hearing to your words.

And he said, You have been marked out by the God of our fathers to have knowledge of his purpose, and to see the Upright One and to give ear to the words of his mouth.

And Paul, looking fixedly at the Sanhedrin, said, My brothers, my life has been upright before God till this day.

Hoping in God for that which they themselves are looking for, that there will be a coming back from the dead for upright men and wrongdoers.

And to make clear his righteousness now, so that he might himself be upright, and give righteousness to him who has faith in Jesus.

Now it is hard for anyone to give his life even for an upright man, though it might be that for a good man someone would give his life.

But the law is holy, and its orders are holy, upright, and good.

What may we say then? is God not upright? let it not be said.

Now that no man gets righteousness by the law in the eyes of God, is clear; because, The upright will be living by faith.

For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.

You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;

With the knowledge that the law is made, not for the upright man, but for those who have no respect for law and order, for evil men and sinners, for the unholy and those who have no religion, for those who put their fathers or mothers to death, for takers of life,

From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.

But opening his house freely to guests; a lover of what is good, serious-minded, upright, holy, self-controlled;

But the upright man will be living by his faith; and if he goes back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.

You have given your decision against the upright man and have put him to death. He puts up no fight against you.

For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

Because Christ once went through pain for sins, the upright one taking the place of sinners, so that through him we might come back to God; being put to death in the flesh, but given life in the Spirit;

And kept safe Lot, the upright man, who was deeply troubled by the unclean life of the evil-doers

(Because the soul of that upright man living among them was pained from day to day by seeing and hearing their crimes):

The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;

If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one:

If you have knowledge that he is upright, it is clear to you that everyone who does righteousness is his offspring.

My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;

And the voice of the angel of the waters came to my ears, saying, True and upright is your judging, O Holy One, who is and was from all time:

For true and upright are his decisions; for by him has the evil woman been judged, who made the earth unclean with the sins of her body; and he has given her punishment for the blood of his servants.

Let the evil man go on in his evil: and let the unclean be still unclean: and let the upright go on in his righteousness: and let the holy be holy still.