Overview
Uprightness describes a life lived with integrity and moral rectitude before God and others. The upright are those who walk in God's ways, speak truth, and conduct themselves with honesty. This quality marks the righteous and distinguishes them from the deceitful and corrupt.
Key Scriptures
"The righteous are delivered by their righteousness, but the treacherous are trapped by their evil desire" (Proverbs 11:6, NIV). "The upright will dwell in Your presence" (Psalms 140:13, NASB). "The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them" (Proverbs 11:3, ESV). "The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day" (Proverbs 4:18, NIV).
Application
Pursue uprightness by cultivating honesty in your words, maintaining integrity in private and public dealings, and aligning your actions with biblical truth regardless of personal cost.
✦ Scripture References 40 references
✦ Topical Scripture Breakdown 64 verses
A blessing to others
A characteristic of saints
Abominated by the wicked
Be blessed
Be delivered by righteousness
Be delivered by their wisdom
Be saved
Countenanced by God
Defended by God
Delighted in by God
Direct their way
Do not act with
Dwell in the land
Dwell on high and be provided for
Dwell with God
Enter into peace
Fear God
Find strengths in God's way
God created man in
God has pleasure in
God is perfect in
Guided by integrity
Hated by the wicked
Have dominion over the wicked
Have inheritance for ever
Have not, in heart
Have nothing good withheld
Heart
Judging
Kept by righteousness
Leave not the path of
Love Christ
Man has deviated from
Obtain good from God's work
Obtain light in darkness
Persecuted by the wicked
Possess good things
Praise is comely for
Pray for those who walk in
Prospered by God
Recompensed by God
Reprove those who deviate from
Ruling
Saints should resolve to walk in
Scorned by the wicked
Speech
The being kept from presumptuous sins is necessary to
The truly wise walk in
The way of, is to depart from evil
Their prayer delighted in by God
Upheld in it by God
Walk
Walk surely
With poverty, is better than folly
With poverty, is better than sin with riches