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upright, uprightness

Definition:

The terms "upright" and "uprightness" refer to acting in a way that follows God's laws.

• The meaning of these words includes the idea of standing up straight and looking directly ahead.
• A person who is "upright" is someone who obeys God's rules and does not do things that are against his will.
• Terms such as "integrity" and "righteous" have similar meanings and are sometimes used in parallelism constructions, such as "integrity and uprightness." (See: parallelism)

Translation Suggestions:

• Ways to translate "upright" could include "acting rightly" or "one who acts rightly" or "following God's laws" or "obedient to God" or "behaving in a way that is right."
• The term "uprightness" could be translated as "moral purity" or "good moral conduct" or "rightness."
• The phrase "the upright" could be translated as "people who are upright" or "upright people."

(See also: integrity, law, law, obey, pure, righteous)

Bible References:

• Ecclesiastes 12:10-11
• Job 01:6-8
• Psalms 049:14-15
• Psalms 107:41-43

Word Data:##

• Strong's: H1368, H3474, H3476, H3477, H3483, H4334, H4339, H4749, H5228, H5229, H5324, H5977, H6968, H8535, H8537, H8549, H8552, G3716, G3717