63 occurrences

'Upright' in the Bible

I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you walk upright.

Verse ConceptsGod, The LordCordsYokesBreaking SticksGod Lifting PeopleThe Lord Is GodTenons And BarsGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptslaveryBreaking Chains

And Achish called David, and said to him, As Jehovah liveth, thou art upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the camp is acceptable to me; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming to me to this day; but thou art not acceptable to the lords.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfGoing Out And Coming In

And I was upright before him, And kept myself from mine iniquity.

Verse ConceptsPlea Of Innocence

With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; With the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;

Verse ConceptsGod, Faithfulness OfGood ReboundingThe Grace Of God

Only the priests were too few, and they could not flay all the burnt-offerings; therefore their brethren the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests had hallowed themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to hallow themselves than the priests.

Verse ConceptsdiligenceSkinningFew Priests

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and this man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and abstained from evil.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And ObedienceReward, DivineSuffering, Causes OfGodly Fear, Examples OfFear Of God, Examples OfIndividuals Fearing Godshunning

And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil?

Verse ConceptsBehaviourJustice, In Believers' LivesServants Of The LordNames And Titles For SatanAcclaimingUnique IndividualsIndividuals Fearing Godservanthoodshunning

And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil? and still he remaineth firm in his integrity, though thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesInciting To EvilServants Of The LordFear Of God, Examples OfUnique IndividualsIndividuals Fearing Godshunning

Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?

Verse ConceptsInnocence, Examples OfSuffering, Of The InnocentNot DyingA Righteous PeoplePlea Of Innocence

If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous;

Verse ConceptsBlameRestorationRestoring ThingsMoving To A New Placeawakening

I am to be one that is a derision to his friend, I who call upon +God, and whom he will answer: a derision is the just upright man.

Verse ConceptsHumourRidicule, Objects OfAnswered PromisesThe Righteous PerishingGod Answered Prayerjoking

Upright men shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be stirred up against the ungodly;

Verse ConceptsPeople Appalled

There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.

Verse ConceptsrelaxingAcquitting The Just

For behold, the wicked bend the bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may in darkness shoot at the upright in heart.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Illustrations OfArrows, Figurative OfDarkness Of EvilArrowsResolving Conflict

For righteous is Jehovah; he loveth righteousness, his countenance doth behold the upright.

Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfJustification, Necessity OfUprightnessResolving Conflict

And I was upright with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity.

Verse ConceptsPlea Of Innocence

With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; with the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;

Verse ConceptsGood ReboundingThe Grace Of GodGod's FaithfulnessBeing YourselfChanging Yourselfmyself

They are bowed down and fallen; but we are risen and stand upright.

Verse ConceptsHumbling The ProudDownfallPeople Getting Up

Good and upright is Jehovah; therefore will he instruct sinners in the way:

Verse ConceptsGod, Perfection OfGod TeachingLearning The Right Wayheartbeat

Rejoice in Jehovah, and be glad, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye upright in heart.

Verse ConceptsRighteousness, Of BelieversRejoicingGladnessUprightnessJoy And Happiness

Exult, ye righteous, in Jehovah: praise is comely for the upright.

Verse ConceptsRejoicingPraise The Lord!

Continue thy loving-kindness unto them that know thee, and thy righteousness to the upright in heart;

Verse ConceptsLovingkindnessenlightenmentKnowing God, Nature OfGod Does Right For PeopleLove And Relationshipsdevotion

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the afflicted and needy, to slay those that are upright in the way:

Verse ConceptsPainStrength, HumanAttempting To KillAttacked By Evil

Like sheep are they laid in Sheol: Death feedeth on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their comeliness shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for them.

Verse ConceptsFeedingGrave, TheSheolSheepInadequate ShepherdingDeath Of The WickedBeauty, Temporal Nature OfUprightnessHow Death Is InevitableThe Fact Of DeathDeath Of Loved One

The righteous shall rejoice in Jehovah, and trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

Verse ConceptsTrust, Importance OfRejoicingUprightness

To shew that Jehovah is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Verse ConceptsGod, Perfection OfGod, The RockIs God Unjust?

For judgment shall return unto righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

Verse ConceptsMorality

The upright shall see it, and rejoice; and all unrighteousness shall stop its mouth.

Verse ConceptsMutenessSilenceRejoicingPeople Being SilentRejoicing In God's Works

Do good, O Jehovah, unto the good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

Verse ConceptsRenewed HeartUprightnessGod Doing Good

Yea, the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name; the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

Verse ConceptsWe Live With God

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it;

Verse ConceptsUprightness

For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; but his secret is with the upright.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsBad InfluenceAbominations, To GodDeviousnessFriendship Kjv

The integrity of the upright guideth them; but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroyeth them.

Verse ConceptsUnfaithfulness, To GodBusiness EthicsVirtueCrookednessIntegrityPerversion

The righteousness of the upright delivereth them; but the treacherous are taken in their own craving.

Verse ConceptsdesiresTrapDistinctives Of RighteousnessSalvation By Other ThingsGreed

The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Verse ConceptsSpeech, Power And Significance OfAmbush

The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; but the tent of the upright shall flourish.

Verse ConceptsHomeUprightnessDestruction Of The WickedDestruction Of Houses

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsNominal ReligionPleasing GodAbominations, To GodAnswered Promises

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that taketh heed to his way keepeth his soul.

Verse ConceptsGuardsHighwayMan Keeping WatchTurning From EvilHighways

Very crooked is the way of a guilty man; but as for the pure, his work is upright.

Verse ConceptsInnocence, Teaching OnCharacter Of WickedDeviousnessTwisted WaysPure People

The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and a treacherous man in the stead of the upright.

Verse ConceptsUnfaithfulness, To GodContentiousnessPunishment of the The Wickedtraitors

A wicked man hardeneth his face; but as for the upright, he establisheth his way.

Verse ConceptsDisfigurement Of SinA Bold FrontBoldnessadvertising

Whoso causeth the upright to go astray in an evil way, shall himself fall into his own pit; but the perfect shall inherit good.

Verse ConceptsApostasy, Personal WarningsRetributionTrapEnticersDigging Pits

The bloodthirsty hate the perfect, but the upright care for his soul.

Verse ConceptsHatredHonestyMurderHating The RighteousReady To Killhaters

An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; and he that is of upright way is an abomination to the wicked man.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsHating EvilHating The RighteousHate

Only see this which I have found: that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.

Verse ConceptsFall Of ManInventionsMan, Creation OfPerfection Of CreationMorality

The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words; and that which was written is upright, words of truth.

Verse ConceptsA Word Fitly Spoken

The way of the just is uprightness: thou, the Upright, dost make the path of the just even.

Verse ConceptsGod, Perfection OfPaths Of BelieversUprightnessStraight PathsSmoothnessSmoothPathsweight

And he said unto me, O Daniel, man greatly beloved, understand the words which I speak unto thee, and stand upright; for unto thee am I now sent. And as he spoke this word unto me, I stood trembling.

Verse ConceptsCommendationStandingIndividuals TremblingGet Up!People Getting Up

And he shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; and he shall practise; and he shall give him the daughter of women, to corrupt her; but she shall not stand, neither shall she be for him.

Verse ConceptsMen Of PeaceWomen's StrengthResolving Conflict

The godly man hath perished out of the land, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt every man his brother with a net.

Verse ConceptsHuntingNetsEvil TimesUprightnessPeople WaitingMan TrappingNo One AvailableThe Righteous PerishingGodly ManA Good Man

The best of them is as a briar; the most upright, worse than a thorn-fence. The day of thy watchmen, thy visitation is come; now shall be their perplexity.

Verse ConceptsThornsWeedsVisitationThe Timing Of His Coming

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Equitable (2 instances)
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