'Upright' in the Bible

If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;

He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;

Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.

So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.

For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.

The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.

But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.

Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.

Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.

The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.

Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the face of sinners will be covered with sorrow.

The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.

He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.

The mouth of the upright man is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the evil-doer is a bitter cup.

The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.

The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

The thing feared by the evil-doer will come to him, but the upright man will get his desire.

When the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.

The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.

The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

The lips of the upright man have knowledge of what is pleasing, but twisted are the mouths of evil-doers.

The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction.

The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.

With his mouth the evil man sends destruction on his neighbour; but through knowledge the upright are taken out of trouble.

When things go well for the upright man, all the town is glad; at the death of sinners, there are cries of joy.

By the blessing of the upright man the town is made great, but it is overturned by the mouth of the evil-doer.

Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.

The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!

No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.

The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.

Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of evil-doers are cruel.

The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.

In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.

No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.

There is a glad dawn for the upright man, but the light of the sinner will be put out.

Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.

In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.

The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.

The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.

The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.

The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

The Lord is far from sinners, but his ear is open to the prayer of the upright.

Lips of righteousness are the delight of kings; and he who says what is upright is dear to him.

The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.

He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.

To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.

To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the upright man running into it is safe.

Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!

Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.

Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.

The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

For an upright man, after falling seven times, will get up again: but trouble is the downfall of the evil.

He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.

Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.

The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.

Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

When the upright do well, there is great glory; but when evil-doers are lifted up, men do not let themselves be seen.

He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.

When evil-doers are lifted up, men take cover; but when destruction overtakes them, the upright are increased.

When the upright have power, the people are glad; when an evil man is ruler, grief comes on the people.

In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.

The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

When evil men are in power, wrongdoing is increased; but the upright will have pleasure when they see their downfall.

An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.