'Right' in the Bible

and rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee; and thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do only that which is right in my sight;

because David did that which was right in the sight of Jehovah, and turned not aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Urijah the Hittite.

And Asa did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, as David his father.

And he said, Hear therefore the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him, on his right hand and on his left;

And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of Jehovah. Only, the high places were not removed: the people offered and burned incense still on the high places.

And they said one to another, We are not doing right; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, the iniquity will find us out; and now come, let us go and tell the king's household.

And he departed thence, and found Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he greeted him, and said to him, Is thy heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab said, It is. If it be, give me thy hand. And he gave him his hand; and Jehu took him up to him into the chariot,

And Jehovah said to Jehu, Because thou hast executed well that which is right in my sight, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.

And the couriers stood by the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, toward the altar and the house.

And Jehoash did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, all the days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

And Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of Jehovah; and the priests that kept the door put into it all the money brought into the house of Jehovah.

And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.

And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not what was right in the sight of Jehovah his God, like David his father,

And the children of Israel did secretly against Jehovah their God things that were not right; and they built them high places in all their cities, from the watchmen's tower to the fortified city.

And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.

And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand nor to the left.

And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand: Asaph, the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,

armed with bows, using both the right hand and the left with stones and with arrows on the bow; they were of Saul's brethren of Benjamin:

And all the congregation said that they should do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

And he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left; and he called the name of that on the right Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

And he made ten lavers, and put five on the right and five on the left, to wash in them: they rinsed in them what they prepared for the burnt-offering; and the sea was for the priests to wash in.

And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to the ordinance respecting them, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand and five on the left.

And he made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right hand and five on the left. And he made a hundred golden bowls.

And he set the sea on the right side eastward, over against the south.

then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right.

then hear thou from the heavens, from the settled place of thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their right, and forgive thy people their sin against thee.

And Asa did what was good and right in the sight of Jehovah his God;

And he said, Hear ye therefore the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left;

And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of Jehovah.

And he set all the people, every man with his javelin in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, toward the altar and the house, by the king round about.

And Joash did what was right in the sight of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, yet not with a perfect heart.

And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; only he entered not into the temple of Jehovah. And the people still acted corruptly.

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not what was right in the sight of Jehovah, like David his father,

And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.

And thus did Hezekiah throughout Judah, and wrought what was good and right and true before Jehovah his God.

And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand nor to the left.

Now, since we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not right for us to see the king's injury, therefore have we sent and informed the king;

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

And I answered them, and said to them, The God of the heavens, he will prosper us, and we his servants will arise and build; but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial in Jerusalem.

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.

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

And thou camest down on mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from the heavens, and gavest them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and commandments.

And I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great choirs and processions, on the right hand upon the wall towards the dung-gate.

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

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

On the left hand, where he doth work, but I behold him not; he hideth himself on the right hand, and I see him not.

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

At my right hand rise the young brood; they push away my feet, and raise up against me their pernicious ways;

Behold, I will answer thee in this, thou art not right; for +God is greater than man.

He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;

Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good!

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

Should he that hateth right indeed govern? and wilt thou condemn the All-just?

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

Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee.

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause. Thou sittest on the throne, judging righteously.

I have set Jehovah continually before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Thou wilt make known to me the path of life: thy countenance is fulness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

{A Prayer of David.} Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, which is not out of feigned lips.

Shew wondrously thy loving-kindnesses, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

And thou didst give me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand held me up; and thy condescending gentleness hath made me great.

The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes;

Now know I that Jehovah saveth his anointed; he answereth him from the heavens of his holiness, with the saving strength of his right hand.

Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.

For the word of Jehovah is right, and all his work is in faithfulness.

Stir up thyself, and awake for my right, for my cause, my God and Lord!

For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them.

And in thy splendour ride prosperously, because of truth and meekness and righteousness: and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

Kings' daughters are among thine honourable women; upon thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

That thy beloved ones may be delivered. Save with thy right hand, and answer me.

My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;

Why withdrawest thou thy hand, and thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom: consume them.

Then said I, This is my weakness: the years of the right hand of the Most High

And he brought them to his holy border, this mountain, which his right hand purchased;

Even the stock which thy right hand hath planted, and the young plant thou madest strong for thyself.

Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself.

Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand.

And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

Thou hast exalted the right hand of his oppressors; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice:

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

{A Psalm.} Sing ye unto Jehovah a new song: for he hath done wondrous things; his right hand and his holy arm hath wrought salvation for him.

And he led them forth by a right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

That thy beloved ones may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.

Set a wicked man over him, and let the adversary stand at his right hand;

For he standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul.

{Psalm of David.} Jehovah said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put thine enemies as footstool of thy feet.

The Lord at thy right hand will smite through kings in the day of his anger.

The voice of triumph and salvation is in the tents of the righteous: the right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly;

The right hand of Jehovah is exalted, the right hand of Jehovah doeth valiantly.

Therefore I regard all thy precepts concerning all things to be right: I hate every false path.

Jehovah is thy keeper, Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand;

If I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill;