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But her husband, Joseph, because he was an upright man and did not want to disgrace her, decided to break the engagement by secretly divorcing her.
Go, learn what this means, 'It is mercy and not sacrifice that I want.' It is not upright but sinful people that I have come to invite."
Whoever welcomes a prophet as a prophet will receive the same reward as a prophet, and whoever welcomes an upright man as such will receive the same reward as the upright man.
For I solemnly say to you, many prophets and upright men yearned to see what you are seeing, and did not see it, and to hear what you are hearing, and did not hear it.
Then the upright will shine out like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears listen!
So it will be at the close of the age; the angels will go out and separate the wicked from the upright,
"Listen to another story. There was once an owner of an estate who planted a vineyard and built a fence around it, and hewed out a wine-vat in it, and built a tower, and rented it to tenant farmers, and then went abroad.
So you, too, on the outside seem to people to be upright, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
"A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you build tombs for the prophets, and decorate monuments for the upright,
so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth from the blood of upright Abel to the blood of Zechariah, Barachiah's son, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
Then the upright will answer, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and give you something to eat, or thirsty, and give you something to drink?
Then these will go away to everlasting punishment, but the upright to everlasting life."
Jesus heard it, and said to them, "Not well but sick people have to send for the doctor. It is not upright but sinful people that I have come to invite."
for Herod stood in awe of John, because he knew that he was an upright and holy man, and so he protected him. When he heard him speak, he was very much disturbed, and yet he liked to hear him.
Then He began to speak to them in stories. "A man once planted a vineyard and fenced it in and hewed out a wine-vat and built a watchtower; then he rented it to tenant farmers, and went abroad.
Now they were both upright in the sight of God, walking without reproach in all the Lord's commands and requirements.
He will go before Him in the spirit and the power of Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the upright, to make ready for the Lord a people perfectly prepared."
Now there was in Jerusalem a man named Symeon, an upright, devout man; he was expecting to see the consolation of Israel, and he was under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
It is not upright but sinful people that I have come to invite to repentance."
Then you will be happy, because they cannot repay you; you will be repaid at the resurrection of the upright."
Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinful person who repents than over ninety-nine upright people who do not need any repentance.
To some people who were confident that they themselves were upright, but who scorned everybody else, He told the following story:
Then He went on to tell the people the following story: "Once upon a time a man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenant farmers, and then went abroad for a long stay.
So they closely watched and sent spies who pretended to be upright men, to catch Him in His conversation, so as to turn Him over to the power and authority of the governor.
It was through Him that everything came into existence, and apart from Him not a single thing came into existence.
do you now say to me whom my Father has set apart to it and sent into the world, 'You are a blasphemer,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?
They answered, "Cornelius, a colonel in the army, an upright man and one who reveres God, and a man of high reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to listen to a message you would bring."
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them."
there we bade one another goodbye, and we went aboard the ship, while they went back.
and I have the same hope in God that they cherish for themselves, that there is to be a resurrection of the upright and the wicked.
Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, called as an apostle, set apart to preach God's good news,
For in the good news God's Way of man's right standing with Him is uncovered, the Way of faith that leads to greater faith, just as the Scripture says, "The upright man must live by faith."
All who sin without having the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.
For merely hearing the law read does not make men upright with God, but men who practice the law will be recognized as upright.
Not at all. Let God prove true, though every man be false! As the Scripture says, "That you may prove yourself upright in words you speak, and win your case when you go into court."
as the Scriptures say: "Not a single human creature is upright,
Now a man will scarcely ever give his life for an upright person, though once in a while a man is brave enough to die for a generous friend.
But when God, who had already set me apart from my birth, and had called me by His unmerited favor,
For He Himself is our peace, He is the one who has made us both into one body and has broken down the barrier that kept us apart;
I am pressing onward toward the goal, to win the prize to which God through Jesus Christ is calling us upward.
You can testify, and God too, with what pure, upright, and irreproachable motives I dealt with you who believed;
that is, if he understands that law is not enacted for upright people but for the lawless and disorderly, the godless and sinful, the ignorant and profane, people who kill their fathers or mothers, murderers,
but hospitable, a lover of goodness, sensible, upright, of pure life, self-controlled,
training us to give up godless ways and worldly cravings and live serious, upright, and godly lives in this world,
He saved us, not for upright deeds that we had done, but in accordance with His mercy, through the bath of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
By faith Abel offered a sacrifice more acceptable to God than Cain did, for by it he was approved as an upright man, since God approved him for the offering he made; and by it he still continues to speak, though dead.
for God had provided something still better for us, that they, apart from us might not attain perfection.
Now for the time being no discipline seems to be pleasant; it is painful; later on, however, to those who are trained by it, it yields the fruit of peace which grows from upright character.
to the festal gathering and assembly of God's firstborn sons enrolled as citizens in heaven, to a Judge who is the God of all, to the spirits of upright men who have attained perfection,
Was not our forefather Abraham shown to be upright by his good deeds, namely, by offering Isaac his son upon the altar?
You see that a man is shown to be upright by his good deeds, and not merely by his faith.
Was not even Rahab the prostitute shown to be upright by her good deeds, namely, by entertaining the scouts and sending them off by a different road?
You have condemned and murdered the upright man; he offers no resistance.
So practice confessing your sins to one another, and praying for one another, that you may be cured. An upright man's prayer, when it keeps at work, is very powerful.
Keep on living upright lives among the heathen, so that, when they slander you as evildoers, by what they see of your good deeds they may come to praise God on the judgment day.
Because the eyes of the Lord are on upright men, and His ears listen to their pleading cries, but His face is against them that do wrong."
And if it is hard for the upright man to be saved, what will become of the godless and sinful?
and saved the upright Lot who was constantly distressed by the immoral conduct of lawless men --
for as long as that upright man was living among them, his upright soul, day and night, was always being tortured by what he saw and heard in their lawless actions --
If you know that He is upright, you must know that everyone who practices uprightness is born of Him.
Dear children, avoid letting anyone lead you astray. Whoever practices doing right is upright, just as He is upright.
We must not be like Cain who belonged to the evil one and butchered his brother. And why did he butcher him? Because his own actions were wicked and his brother's upright.
And they were singing the song of Moses, the slave of God, and the song of the Lamb: "Great and wonderful are your works, Lord God, Almighty One; upright and true your ways, O King of the ages.
Permission has been granted her to dress in clean, brilliant linen, for linen signifies the upright deeds of God's people."
Let the person who is doing evil do evil still; let the filthy person be filthy still; let the upright person still do right; let the consecrated person still be consecrated.
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