'Upright' in the Bible

These are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God.

And the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright.

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,

And Abraham came near, and said, Will you let destruction come on the upright with the sinners?

If by chance there are fifty upright men in the town, will you give the place to destruction and not have mercy on it because of the fifty upright men?

Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?

And the Lord said, If there are fifty upright men in the town, I will have mercy on it because of them.

If by chance there are five less than fifty upright men, will you give up all the town to destruction because of these five? And he said, I will not give it to destruction if there are forty-five.

Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, Lord, will you put to death an upright nation?

Did he not say to me himself, She is my sister? and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright heart and clean hands have I done this.

And God said to him in the dream, I see that you have done this with an upright heart, and I have kept you from sinning against me: for this reason I did not let you come near her.

We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.

Then Judah said openly that they were his, and said, She is more upright than I am, for I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he had no more connection with her.

Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have done evil this time: the Lord is upright, and I and my people are sinners.

Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.

Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.

I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt so that you might not be servants to them; by me the cords of your yoke were broken and I made you go upright.

Who is able to take the measure of the dust of Jacob or the number of the thousands of Israel? May my death be the death of the upright and my last end like his!

And do what is upright and good in the eyes of the Lord your God, so that it may be well for you and you may go in and take for your heritage that good land from which the Lord undertook by an oath to your fathers,

Not for your righteousness or because your hearts are upright are you going in to take their land; but because of the evil-doing of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and to give effect to his oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.

You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.

You are to be upright in heart before the Lord your God.

Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.

For all who do such things, and all whose ways are not upright, are disgusting to the Lord your God.

He is the Rock, complete is his work; for all his ways are righteousness: a God without evil who keeps faith, true and upright is he.

Give ear to the women laughing by the water-springs; there they will give again the story of the upright acts of the Lord, all the upright acts of his arm in Israel.

If then you have done what is true and upright to Jerubbaal and his family this day, may you have joy in Abimelech, and may he have joy in you;

And his sons did not go in his ways, but moved by the love of money took rewards, and were not upright in judging.

Then Achish sent for David and said to him, By the living Lord, you are upright, and everything you have done with me in the army has been pleasing to me: I have seen no evil in you from the day when you came to me till now: but still, the lords are not pleased with you.

How much more, when evil men have put an upright person to death, in his house, sleeping on his bed, will I take payment from you for his blood, and have you cut off from the earth?

And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;

The God of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God,

And the Lord will send back his blood on his head, because of the attack he made on two men more upright and better than himself, putting them to the sword without my father's knowledge; even Abner, the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day.

For they made high places and upright stones and wood pillars on every high hill and under every green tree;

Take the best and most upright of your master's sons, and make him king in his father's place, and put up a fight for your master's family.

And in the morning he went out and, stopping, said to all the people there, You are upright men: it is true that I made designs against my master, and put him to death; but who is responsible for the death of all these?

More than this, Manasseh took the lives of upright men, till Jerusalem from one end to the other was full of blood; in addition to his sin in making Judah do evil in the eyes of the Lord.

And because of the death of those who had done no wrong, for he made Jerusalem full of the blood of the upright; and the Lord had no forgiveness for it.

And I am conscious, my God, that you are the searcher of hearts, taking pleasure in righteousness. As for me, with an upright heart I have freely given all these things; and I have seen with joy your people who are here to make their offerings freely to you.

Their outstretched wings were twenty cubits across; they were placed upright on their feet, facing the inner part of the house.

Then the chiefs of Israel and the king made themselves low and said, The Lord is upright.

For he took away the altars of strange gods and the high places, and had the upright stones broken and the wood pillars cut down;

And now, Amariah, the chief priest, is over you in all questions to do with the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the head of the family of Judah, in everything to do with the king's business; and the Levites will be overseers for you. Be strong to do the work; and may the Lord be with the upright.

There were not enough priests for the work of cutting up all the burned offerings; so their brothers the Levites gave them help till the work was done and the priests had made themselves holy: for the Levites were more upright in heart to make themselves holy than the priests.

And for a fourth part of the day, upright in their places, they were reading from the book of the law of their God; and for a fourth part of the day they were requesting forgiveness and worshipping the Lord their God.

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.

And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil?

And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? and he still keeps his righteousness, though you have been moving me to send destruction on him without cause.

Is not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope?

Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?

May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments?

Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging?

If you are clean and upright; then he will certainly be moved to take up your cause, and will make clear your righteousness by building up your house again.

That, if I was an evil-doer, the curse would come on me; and if I was upright, my head would not be lifted up, being full of shame and overcome with trouble.

It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of!

What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?

The upright are surprised at this, and he who has done no wrong is troubled because of the evil-doers.

Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.

Is it of any interest to the Ruler of all that you are upright? or is it of use to him that your ways are without sin?

The upright saw it and were glad: and those who had done no wrong made sport of them,

There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?

He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage.

(Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:)

For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;

How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?

If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?

His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;

For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

For you, Lord, will send a blessing on the upright man; your grace will be round him, and you will be his strength.

O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

God, who is the saviour of the upright in heart, is my breastplate.

God is the judge of the upright, and is angry with the evil-doers every day.

The upright are crushed and made low, and the feeble are overcome by his strong ones.

See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make ready their arrows on the cord, so that they may send them secretly against the upright in heart.

If the bases are broken down, what is the upright man to do?

The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.

For the Lord is upright; he is a lover of righteousness: the upright will see his face.

Then were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the upright.

And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;

Keep your servant back from sins of pride; let them not have rule over me: then will I be upright and free from great sin.

Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way.

He will be an upright guide to the poor in spirit: he will make his way clear to them.

For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.

O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.

But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.

Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.

Be glad in the Lord, O doers of righteousness; for praise is beautiful for the upright.

For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his works are certain.

The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.

The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles.

Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.