'Upright' in the Bible
Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of upright ones, And let my last end be like his!'
The Rock! -- perfect is His work, For all His ways are just; God of stedfastness, and without iniquity: Righteous and upright is He.
and the sun standeth still, and the moon hath stood -- till the nation taketh vengeance on its enemies; is it not written on the Book of the Upright, 'and the sun standeth in the midst of the heavens, and hath not hasted to go in -- as a perfect day?'
'I, also, far be it from me to sin against Jehovah, by ceasing to pray for you, and I have directed you in the good and upright way;
And Achish calleth unto David, and saith unto him, 'Jehovah liveth, surely thou art upright, and good in mine eyes is thy going out, and thy coming in, with me in the camp, for I have not found in thee evil from the day of thy coming in unto me till this day; and in the eyes of the princes thou art not good;
and he saith to teach the sons of Judah 'The Bow;' lo, it is written on the book of the Upright: --
Only, the priests have become few, and have not been able to strip the whole of the burnt-offerings, and their brethren the Levites strengthen them till the completion of the work, and till the priests sanctify themselves, for the Levites are more upright of heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
A man there hath been in the land of Uz -- Job his name -- and that man hath been perfect and upright -- both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.
And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Hast thou set thy heart against My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God, and turning aside from evil?'
And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Hast thou set thy heart unto My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? and still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and thou dost move Me against him to swallow him up for nought!'
Remember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off?
How powerful have been upright sayings, And what doth reproof from you reprove?
If pure and upright thou art, Surely now He waketh for thee, And hath completed The habitation of thy righteousness.
Astonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up.
There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.
For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
For righteous is Jehovah, Righteousness He hath loved, The upright doth His countenance see!'
The precepts of Jehovah are upright, Rejoicing the heart, The command of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes,
They -- they have bowed and have fallen, And we have risen and station ourselves upright.
Good and upright is Jehovah, Therefore He directeth sinners in the way.
Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye righteous, And sing, all ye upright of heart!
Sing, ye righteous, in Jehovah, For upright ones praise is comely.
For upright is the word of Jehovah, And all His work is in faithfulness.
Draw out Thy kindness to those knowing Thee, And Thy righteousness to the upright of heart.
A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.
Observe the perfect, and see the upright, For the latter end of each is peace.
As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form is for consumption. Sheol is a dwelling for him.
The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!
To declare that upright is Jehovah my rock, And there is no perverseness in Him!
For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,
Light is sown for the righteous, And for the upright of heart -- joy.
The upright do see and rejoice, And all perversity hath shut her mouth.
Praise ye Jah! I thank Jehovah with the whole heart, In the secret meeting of the upright, And of the company.
Mighty in the earth is his seed, The generation of the upright is blessed.
Light hath risen in darkness to the upright, Gracious, and merciful, and righteous.
Tzade. Righteous art Thou, O Jehovah, And upright are Thy judgments.
Do good, O Jehovah, to the good, And to the upright in their hearts.
Only -- the righteous give thanks to Thy name, The upright do dwell with Thy presence!
Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.
For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,
For an abomination to Jehovah is the perverted, And with the upright is His secret counsel.
All of them are plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.
The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.
The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.
By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down.
The words of the wicked are: 'Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.
Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright -- a pleasing thing.
The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright is His delight.
The way of the slothful is as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up.
A highway of the upright is, 'Turn from evil,' Whoso is preserving his soul is watching his way.
Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.
Froward is the way of a man who is vile, And the pure -- upright is his work.
The wicked is an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer.
A wicked man hath hardened by his face, And the upright -- he prepareth his way.
See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.
Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.
Men of blood hate the perfect, And the upright seek his soul.
An abomination to the righteous is the perverse man, And an abomination to the wicked is the upright in the way!
See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they -- they have sought out many devices.
The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and, written by the upright, words of truth.
The path for the righteous is uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder.
And at the end of years they do join themselves together, and a daughter of the king of the south doth come in unto the king of the north to do upright things; and she doth not retain the power of the arm; and he doth not stand, nor his arm; and she is given up, she, and those bringing her in, and her child, and he who is strengthening her in these times.
And he setteth his face to go in with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; and he hath wrought, and the daughter of women he giveth to him, to corrupt her; and she doth not stand, nor is for him.
Who is wise, and doth understand these? Prudent, and knoweth them? For upright are the ways of Jehovah, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein!
Perished hath the kind out of the land, And upright among men -- there are none, All of them for blood lie in wait, Each his brother they hunt with a net.
Their best one is as a brier, The upright one -- than a thorn-hedge, The day of thy watchmen -- Thy visitation -- hath come. Now is their perplexity.
Lo, a presumptuous one! Not upright is his soul within him, And the righteous by his stedfastness liveth.