Upright

We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”

You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.

So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and it seems right in my sight that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you are not good in the sight of the leaders.

I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.

Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. And the Levites will serve as officers before you. Act resolutely; may the LORD be with the upright!”

So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.

Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”

Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?

…if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.

I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.

Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.

My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.

Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.

Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.

Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.

For the word of the LORD is upright, and all His work is trustworthy.

Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.

The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.

Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.

Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult.

He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.

…to proclaim, “The LORD is upright; He is my Rock, and in Him there is no unrighteousness.”

Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.

The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.

Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.

His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.

Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.

I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.

Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.

Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart.

Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.

He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,

For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;

…for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.

They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge.

The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.

The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.

By the blessing of the upright a city is built up, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.

The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.

The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.

Even a young man is known by his actions—whether his conduct is pure and upright.

The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.

A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.

He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life.

An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.

While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.

Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”

The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.

The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.

The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.

Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—

Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,