'Upright' in the Bible

There they tremble with great fear,For God is with the [consistently] righteous generation.

Let my verdict of vindication come from Your presence;May Your eyes look with equity and behold things that are just.

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

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

As for God, his way is upright; the word of God is pure; he is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

the God who clothes me with strength, and who makes my way upright;

The precepts of the LORD are upright, making the heart rejoice. The commandment of the LORD is pure, giving light to the eyes.

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.

Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach 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, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.

For the word of the LORD is upright; and all his works are done in faithfulness.

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.

O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

Do not worry because of evildoers,Nor be envious toward wrongdoers;

The wicked plots against the righteousAnd gnashes at him with his teeth.

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.

The upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever.

The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

But the Lord is the saviour of the upright: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day?

The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you: strong in his wealth.

Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.

Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men?

The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer.

So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

But let the upright be glad; let them have delight before God; let them be full of joy.

May they be blotted out of the book of life [and their lives come to an end]And may they not be recorded with the righteous (those in right standing with God).

In his days may the upright do well, living in peace as long as there is a moon in heaven.

Truly God is good to Israel,To those who are pure in heart.

By him will all the horns of the sinners be cut off; but the horns of the upright will be lifted up.

So David shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart;And guided them with his skillful hands.

The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.

The righteous will flourish like the date palm [long-lived, upright and useful];They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic and stable].

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

But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.

Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples.

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones [those whose moral and spiritual integrity places them in right standing with God],And praise and give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.

Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.

The upright see it and rejoice,and all injustice shuts its mouth.

Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.

His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

He will never be shaken;The righteous will be remembered forever.

The sound of joy and salvation is in the tents of the upright; the right hand of the Lord does works of power.

How blessed and favored by God are those whose way is blameless [those with personal integrity, the upright, the guileless],Who walk in the law [and who are guided by the precepts and revealed will] of the Lord.

I will praise you with an upright heart, as I learn your righteous decrees.

I have made an oath and kept it, to be guided by your upright decisions.

TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.

Your word is true from the first; and your upright decision is unchanging for ever.

Seven times a day do I give you praise, because of your upright decisions.

Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

Take my soul out of prison, so that I may give praise to your name: the upright will give praise because of me; for you have given me a full reward.

The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;The Lord loves the righteous [the upright in heart].

The Lord protects the strangers;He supports the fatherless and the widow;But He makes crooked the way of the wicked.

for acquiring the discipline that produces wise behavior, righteousness, justice, and upright living;

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

He stores up success for the upright;He is a shield for those who live with integrity

Then you will understand what is right, just, and upright every good path.

who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,

So you will walk in the way of good men [that is, those of personal integrity, moral courage and honorable character],And keep to the paths of the righteous.

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

for the devious are detestable to 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.

I have directed you in the way of wisdom;I have led you in upright paths.

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

Listen! For noble things I will speak, and upright things from the opening of my lips.

“All the words of my mouth are in righteousness (upright, in right standing with God);There is nothing contrary to truth or perverted (crooked) in them.

All of them are plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.

Give instruction to a wise man and he will become even wiser;Teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning.

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 righteous [the upright, those in right standing with God],But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

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 wages of the righteous [the upright, those in right standing with God] is [a worthwhile, meaningful] life,The income of the wicked, punishment.

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 righteous is like precious silver (greatly valued);The heart of the wicked is worth little.

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 righteous [those of honorable character and integrity] is joy,But the expectation of the wicked [those who oppose God and ignore His wisdom] comes to nothing.

The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

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