79 Bible Verses About Uprightness

The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.

And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

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

So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

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

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide.

Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.

They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

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

Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold?

Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.

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

He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.

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

A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.

Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

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

I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.

Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.

Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

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

Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.

And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.

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