Uprightness
- God is perfect in.
Isaiah 26:7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
- God has pleasure in.
1 Chronicles 29:17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
- God created man in.
Ecclesiastes 7:29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
- Man has deviated from.
Ecclesiastes 7:29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
- SHOULD BE IN
- Heart.
2 Chronicles 29:34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
Psalm 125:4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
- Speech.
Isaiah 33:15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
- Walk.
Proverbs 14:2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
- Judging.
Psalm 58:1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Psalm 75:2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
- Ruling.
Psalm 78:72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
- The being kept from presumptuous sins is necessary to.
Psalm 19:13 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.
- With poverty, is better than sin with riches.
Proverbs 28:6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
- With poverty, is better than folly.
Proverbs 19:1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
- THEY WHO WALK IN,
- Fear God.
Proverbs 14:2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
- Love Christ.
Song of Solomon 1:4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
- Countenanced by God.
Psalm 11:7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
- Delighted in by God.
Proverbs 11:20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
- Their prayer delighted in by God.
Proverbs 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
- Prospered by God.
Job 8:6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
Proverbs 14:11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
- Defended by God.
Proverbs 2:7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
- Upheld in it by God.
Psalm 41:12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
- Recompensed by God.
Psalm 18:23-24 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. 24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
- Find strength in God's way.
Proverbs 10:29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
- Obtain good from God's work.
Micah 2:7 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
- Obtain light in darkness.
Psalm 112:4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
- Guided by integrity.
Proverbs 11:3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
- Walk surely.
Proverbs 10:9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
- Direct their way.
Proverbs 21:29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
- Kept by righteousness.
Proverbs 13:6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
- Scorned by the wicked.
Job 12:4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
- Hated by the wicked.
Proverbs 29:10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
Amos 5:10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
- Abominated by the wicked.
Proverbs 29:21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
- Persecuted by the wicked.
Psalm 37:14 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.
- Praise is comely for.
Psalm 33:1 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
- A blessing to others.
Proverbs 11:11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
- The truly wise walk in.
Proverbs 15:21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
- The way of, is to depart from evil.
Proverbs 16:17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
- THEY WHO WALK IN, SHALL
- Possess good things.
Proverbs 28:10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
- Have nothing good withheld.
Psalm 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
- Dwell in the land.
Proverbs 2:21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
- Dwell on high and be provided for.
Isaiah 33:16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
- Dwell with God.
Psalm 15:2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Psalm 140:13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
- Be blessed.
Psalm 112:2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
- Be delivered by righteousness.
Proverbs 11:6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
- Be delivered by their wisdom.
Proverbs 12:6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
- Be saved.
Proverbs 28:18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
- Enter into peace.
Psalm 37:37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
Isaiah 57:2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
- Have dominion over the wicked.
Psalm 49:14 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.
- Have an inheritance for ever.
Psalm 37:18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
- A characteristic of saints.
Psalm 111:1 Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
Isaiah 26:7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
- Saints should resolve to walk in.
Psalm 26:11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
- THE WICKED
- Have not, in heart.
Habakkuk 2:4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
- Leave not the path of.
Proverbs 2:13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
- Do not act with.
Micah 7:2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
Micah 7:4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
- Pray for those who walk in.
Psalm 125:4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
- Reprove those who deviate from.
Galatians 2:14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
⇒Bible concordance for UPRIGHTNESS
