Upright

saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”

Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”

Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,

You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.

Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.

Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.

So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.

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

Now we are in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.”

So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.

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.

and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:

Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”

For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.

If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.

I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.

For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.

And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

select the best and most worthy son of your master, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”

When he left there, he found Jehonadab son of Rechab, who was coming to meet him. Jehu greeted him and asked, “Is your heart as true to mine as my heart is to yours?” “It is!” Jehonadab replied. “If it is,” said Jehu, “give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand, and Jehu helped him into his chariot,

Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”

Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. He did everything as his father Joash had done.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done.

Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

Then Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Asa reigned in his place, and in his days the land was at peace for ten years.

And Jehoshaphat walked in the way of his father Asa and did not turn away from it; he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD.

And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.

Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.

However, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had consecrated themselves. For the Levites had been more diligent in consecrating themselves than the priests had been.

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

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.

You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.

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.

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.

Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.

God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.

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.

The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous.

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.

Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

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.

But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah

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.

He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.

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.

They are upheld forever and ever, enacted in truth and uprightness.

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.

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.

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 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.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.

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.

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

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.

Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.

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

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

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

All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.

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.

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.

As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right.

They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”

Recently you repented and did what pleased Me; each of you proclaimed freedom for his neighbor. You made a covenant before Me in the house that bears My Name.

But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there.”

But before Jeremiah turned to go, Nebuzaradan added, “Return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people, or go anywhere else that seems right.” Then the captain of the guard gave him a ration and a gift and released him.

Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the hooves of a calf, gleaming like polished bronze.

And under the expanse, their wings stretched out toward one another. Each one also had two wings covering its body.

He will resolve to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and will reach an agreement with the king of the South. He will give him a daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the kingdom, but his plan will not succeed or help him.

Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good to him who walks uprightly?

Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,

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.