Walking Upright

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

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.

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

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

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

And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

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.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →

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

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?

And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

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;

And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

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

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

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. — read the full passage →

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

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. — read the full passage →

That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.

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

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.

And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. — read the full passage →

Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, — read the full passage →

Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:

For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →

At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? — read the full passage →

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. — read the full passage →

For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, — read the full passage →

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.

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

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

That the Lord may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God.

And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; — read the full passage →

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

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

But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

Now therefore, O Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.