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    uprightness


    1. but still He expect us to meet the standard of uprightness


    2. 1Chl: 29:17: I know also, my God, that thou test the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness


    3. uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these


    4. “My son, if you receive my words, and store my commands within you, inclining your ear to wisdom, and applying your mind to reason; if you appeal to intelligence, and lift up your voice to reason; if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures – then will you understand reverence for the Lord, and will discover the knowledge of God; for the Lord gives wisdom, out of His mouth comes knowledge and reason; He has help in store for the upright, He is a shield to those who walk honestly; He guards the paths of justice, and protects the way of His pious ones; then will you understand rectitude and justice, and will keep to every good course; for when wisdom finds a welcome within you, and knowledge becomes a pleasure to you, discretion will watch over you, reason will guard you – saving you from the way of evil men, from men who use perverse speech; who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in ways of darkness; who delight in doing evil, exult in wanton wickedness’ who are crooked in all their ways, and tortuous in their paths – saving you from the wife of another, from the adulteress who plies you with smooth words, who forsakes the companion of her youth, and forgets her pledge to God; for her paths lead down to death, and her tracks descend to the Shades; none who go to her come back again, or reach the paths of life – helping you to walk in the way of good men, and to keep to the paths of the righteous; for the upright will live in the land, and the honest will remain in it; while the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the faithless will be rooted out of it


    5. My name is Annie! “Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness than


    6. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity; he enters into peace; they rest in their beds who walk in their uprightness


    7. God, that you triest the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness


    8. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all


    9. 6 Is not this your fear, your confidence, your hope, and the uprightness of your ways?


    10. 7 I will praise you with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned your righteous judgments

    11. He who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord,


    12. walks in his uprightness, than he who is perverse in his ways, though he is rich


    13. 1 'And the bright eighth waters which you have seen, this is the rectitude and uprightness of Hezekiah king of Judah and the grace of


    14. And there I saw One who had the head of days; And His head was white like wool; And with Him was another being, whose countenance had the appearance of a man; And his face was full of graciousness, like one of the holy angels; And I asked the angel who went with me and showed me all the hidden things, concerning that Son of Man, who he was, and where he was, and why he went with the Head of Days? And he answered and said to me: This is the Son of Man, who has righteousness with whom dwells righteousness, and who reveals all the treasures of that which is hidden; Because the Lord of Spirits has chosen him, and whose lot has the pre-eminence before the Lord of Spirits in uprightness forever; And this Son of Man whom you have seen shall raise up the kings and the mighty from their seats, and the strong from their thrones; And shall loosen the reins of the strong, and break the teeth of the sinners; And he shall put down the kings from their thrones and kingdoms; Because they do not extol and praise Him; Nor humbly acknowledge from where the kingdom was bestowed on them; And he shall put down the countenance of the strong, and shall fill them with shame; And darkness shall be their dwelling; And worms shall be their bed, and they shall have no hope of rising from their beds, because they do not extol the name of the Lord of Spirits; And these are those who judge the stars of Heaven, and raise their hands against the Most High, and tread on the Earth and dwell on it; And all their deeds manifest unrighteousness, and their power rests on their riches; And their faith is in the gods who they have made with their hands, and they deny the name of the Lord of Spirits, and they persecute the houses of His congregations, and the faithful, who hang onto the name of the Lord of Spirits


    15. And the elect in the light of eternal life; The days of their life shall be unending; And the days of the holy ones without number; And they shall seek the light and find righteousness with the Lord of Spirits; There shall be peace to the righteous in the name of the Eternal Lord; And after this it shall be said to the holy in Heaven; That they should seek out the secrets of righteousness, the heritage of faith; For it has become bright as the sun on Earth; And the darkness is past; And there shall be a light that never ends,but to a limit of the days they shall not come; For the darkness shall first have been destroyed, and the light established before the Lord of Spirits; And the light of uprightness established forever before the Lord of Spirits


    16. And in those days the word of God came to me, and He said to me: 'Noah, your lot has come up before Me, a lot without blame, a lot of love and uprightness; And now the angels are making a wooden building, and when they have completed that task I will place My hand on it and preserve it, and there shall come out from it the seed of life, and a change shall set in so that the Earth will not remain without inhabitant; And I will make fast your sed before me forever and ever, and I will spread abroad those who dwell with you; It shall not be unfruitful on the face of the Earth, but it shall be blessed and multiply on the Earth in the name of the Lord


    17. And now, my Lord, destroy from the Earth the flesh which has aroused your anger; But the flesh of righteousness and uprightness establish like the plant of an eternal seed; And hide not your face from the prayer of your servant, O Lord


    18. 'Hear, you sons of Enoch, all the words of your father, and listen aright to the voice of my mouth; For I exhort you and say to you, beloved: Love uprightness and walk in it; and draw not near to uprightness with a double heart, and associate not with those of a double heart; But walk in righteousness, my sons and it shall guide you on good paths; And righteousness shall be your companion, for I know that violence must increase on the Earth; And a great chastisement be executed on the Earth, and all unrighteousness come to an end: Yes, it shall be cut off from its roots, and its whole structure be destroyed; And unrighteousness shall again be consummated on the Earth; And all the deeds of unrighteousness and of violence and transgression shall prevail in a twofold degree; And when sin and unrighteousness and blasphemy and violence in all kinds of deeds increase, and apostasy and transgression and uncleanness increase; A great chastisement shall come from Heaven on all these, and the holy Lord will come out with anger and chastisement to execute judgement on Earth


    19. 'Concerning the children of righteousness and concerning the elect of the world; And concerning the plant of uprightness, I will speak these things; Yes, I Enoch will declare them to you, my sons according to that which appeared to me in the Heavenly vision; And which I have known through the word of the holy angels; And have learnt from the Heavenly tablets


    20. In those days the Lord bade them to summon and testify to the children of Earth concerning their wisdom: Show it to them; for you are their guides, and a recompense over the whole Earth; For I and My son will be united with them forever in the paths of uprightness in their lives; and you shall have peace: rejoice, you children of uprightness

    21. And there I saw One who had the head of days; And His head was white like wool; And with Him was another being whose countenance had the appearance of a man; And his face was full of graciousness like one of the holy angels; And I asked the angel who went with me and showed me all the hidden things concerning that Son of Man who he was and where he was and why he went with the Head of Days? And he answered and said to me: This is the Son of Man who has righteousness with whom dwells righteousness and who reveals all the treasures of that which is hidden; Because the Lord of Spirits has chosen him and whose lot has the pre-eminence before the Lord of Spirits in uprightness forever; And this Son of Man whom you have seen shall raise up the kings and the mighty from their seats and the strong from their thrones; And shall loosen the reins of the strong and break the teeth of the sinners; And he shall put down the kings from their thrones and kingdoms; Because they do not extol and praise Him; Nor humbly acknowledge from where the kingdom was bestowed on them; And he shall put down the countenance of the strong and shall fill them with shame; And darkness shall be their dwelling; And worms shall be their bed and they shall have no hope of rising from their beds because they do not extol the name of the Lord of Spirits; And these are those who judge the stars of Heaven and raise their hands against the Most High and tread on the Earth and dwell on it; And all their deeds manifest unrighteousness and their power rests on their riches; And their faith is in the gods who they have made with their hands and they deny the name of the Lord of Spirits and they persecute the houses of His congregations and the faithful who hang onto the name of the Lord of Spirits


    22. And the elect in the light of eternal life; The days of their life shall be unending; And the days of the holy ones without number; And they shall seek the light and find righteousness with the Lord of Spirits; There shall be peace to the righteous in the name of the Eternal Lord; And after this it shall be said to the holy in Heaven; That they should seek out the secrets of righteousness the heritage of faith; For it has become bright as the sun on Earth; And the darkness is past; And there shall be a light that never endsbut to a limit of the days they shall not come; For the darkness shall first have been destroyed and the light established before the Lord of Spirits; And the light of uprightness established forever before the Lord of Spirits


    23. And in those days the word of God came to me and He said to me: 'Noah your lot has come up before Me a lot without blame a lot of love and uprightness; And now the angels are making a wooden building and when they have completed that task I will place My hand on it and preserve it and there shall come out from it the seed of life and a change shall set in so that the Earth will not remain without inhabitant; And I will make fast your sed before me forever and ever and I will spread abroad those who dwell with you; It shall not be unfruitful on the face of the Earth but it shall be blessed and multiply on the Earth in the name of the Lord


    24. And now my Lord destroy from the Earth the flesh which has aroused your anger; But the flesh of righteousness and uprightness establish like the plant of an eternal seed; And hide not your face from the prayer of your servant O Lord


    25. 'Hear you sons of Enoch all the words of your father and listen aright to the voice of my mouth; For I exhort you and say to you beloved: Love uprightness and walk in it; and draw not near to uprightness with a double heart and associate not with those of a double heart; But walk in righteousness my sons and it shall guide you on good paths; And righteousness shall be your companion for I know that violence must increase on the Earth; And a great chastisement be executed on the Earth and all unrighteousness come to an end: Yes it shall be cut off from its roots and its whole structure be destroyed; And unrighteousness shall again be consummated on the Earth; And all the deeds of unrighteousness and of violence and transgression shall prevail in a twofold degree; And when sin and unrighteousness and blasphemy and violence in all kinds of deeds increase and apostasy and transgression and uncleanness increase; A great chastisement shall come from Heaven on all these and the holy Lord will come out with anger and chastisement to execute judgement on Earth


    26. 'Concerning the children of righteousness and concerning the elect of the world; And concerning the plant of uprightness I will speak these things; Yes I Enoch will declare them to you my sons according to that which appeared to me in the Heavenly vision; And which I have known through the word of the holy angels; And have learnt from the Heavenly tablets


    27. Be not godless in your hearts and lie not and alter not the words of uprightness nor charge with lying the words of the Holy Great One nor take account of your idols; for all your lying and all your godlessness issue not in righteousness but in great sin; And now I know this mystery that sinners will alter and pervert the words of righteousness in many ways and will speak wicked words and lie and practice great deceits and write writings concerning their words; But when they write down truthfully all my words in their languages and do not change or diminish anything from my words but write them all down truthfully all that I first testified concerning them; Then I know another mystery that writings will be given to the righteous and the wise to become a cause of joy and uprightness and much wisdom; And to them shall the writings be given and they shall believe in them and rejoice over them and then shall all the righteous who have learnt from them all the paths of uprightness shall be rewarded


    28. In those days the Lord bade them to summon and testify to the children of Earth concerning their wisdom: Show it to them; for you are their guides and a recompense over the whole Earth; For I and My son will be united with them forever in the paths of uprightness in their lives; and you shall have peace: rejoice you children of uprightness


    29. 1 'And the bright eighth waters which you have seen this is the rectitude and uprightness of Hezekiah king of Judah and the grace of God which came on him; 2 For when Sennacherib was stirred up in order that he might perish and his wrath troubled him in order that he might by it perish for the multitude also of the nations which were with him


    30. There was in the days of Herod the king a priest whose name was Zacharias of the family of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron and her name was Elizabeth; And they were both righteous before God walking in all his commands and in the uprightness of God without reproach; And they had no son for Elizabeth was barren and they had both advanced in age; And while he discharged

    31. We are thankful for the government by which laws are made, based upon purity and uprightness, and that tend to uplift the greatest of Central African people; and for the wise administration which not only helps the Uganda native to work honestly for his living, but also keeps the country at rest from wars and strife that hitherto have made Africa so dark


    32. Reverting to the Christian ethos that is the proselytizing forerunner of dogmatic uprightness and religious intolerance, we would have the seeds of strife that Islam sows nowadays


    33. the learned, along with having the qualities of innocence, uprightness,


    34. 5- Can someone succeed in getting the Night of valuation while he is sinful? Write a brief text about this research and explain the effects of uprightness on the sublimity of human’s spirit and how it qualifies him to succeed in getting the Night of valuation


    35. He turned to Sheikh Emin Keftaro for help (may God have mercy upon him), as he was well known to be a man of faith and uprightness


    36. The people advised them to resort to you because of what they know about your uprightness and piety


    37. 7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart,


    38. 7�I will praise thee with uprightness of heart,


    39. His borrowers are no doubt those divers of worship mentioned by Chettle Falstaff who reported his uprightness of dealing


    40. For all the uprightness of his character, he had something of an adventurer's easy morality which takes count of personal risk in the ethical appraising of his action

    41. It was the least ignoble form of dissembling forced upon him by that parody of civilized institutions which offended his intelligence, his uprightness, and his sense of right


    42. ‘Lord God! Hear us when we pray to Thee; strengthen with Thy might our most gracious sovereign lord, the Emperor Alexander Pavlovich; be mindful of his uprightness and meekness, reward him according to his righteousness, and let it preserve us, Thy chosen Israel! Bless his counsels, his undertakings, and his work; him victory over his enemy, even as Thou gavest Moses the victory over Amalek, Gideon over Midian, and David over Goliath


    43. To remain in his former uprightness did not suffice


    44. overlooked, still retained the post of treasurer; but he was aided in the discharge of his duties by gentlemen of rather more enlarged and sympathising minds: his office of inspector, too, was shared by those who knew how to combine reason with strictness, comfort with economy, compassion with uprightness


    45. His daughters, he felt, while they retained the name of Bertram, must be giving it new grace, and in quitting it, he trusted, would extend its respectable alliances; and the character of Edmund, his strong good sense and uprightness of mind, bid most fairly for utility, honour, and happiness to himself and all his connexions


    46. “Lord God! Hear us when we pray to Thee; strengthen with Thy might our most gracious sovereign lord, the Emperor Alexander Pávlovich; be mindful of his uprightness and meekness, reward him according to his righteousness, and let it preserve us, Thy chosen Israel! Bless his counsels, his undertakings, and his work; strengthen his kingdom by Thine almighty hand, and give him victory over his enemy, even as Thou gavest Moses the victory over Amalek, Gideon over Midian, and David over Goliath


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    Synonyms for "uprightness"

    rectitude uprightness erectness verticality verticalness

    "uprightness" definitions

    the property of being upright in posture


    position at right angles to the horizon


    righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest