'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.