Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'upright' occurs 70 times in the standard works.

8 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'upright' in the standard works and contain 11.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Sam. 22:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 18:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 32:11-33:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 67 30 97
NT 1 1 2
BM 1 8 9
DC 1 7 8
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 70 46 116

Deut. 9:5
Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

1 Kgs. 3:6
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.

1 Kgs. 9:4
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:

1 Chr. 29:17
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

Job 4:6
Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

Job 33:3
My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.

Job 33:23
If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

Ps. 9:8
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

Ps. 15:2
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

Ps. 25:21
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

Ps. 58:1
Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

Ps. 75:2
When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.

Ps. 84:11
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.

Ps. 111:8
They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.

Ps. 119:7
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

Ps. 143:10
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

Prov. 2:7
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

Prov. 2:13
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

Prov. 10:9
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

Prov. 14:2
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

Prov. 15:21
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

Prov. 28:6
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

Prov. 28:18
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

Isa. 26:7
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

Isa. 26:10
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.

Isa. 33:15
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;

Isa. 57:2
He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

Amos 5:10
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

Micah 2:7
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?

Gal. 2:14
But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

1 Ne. 16:3
And now my brethren, if ye were righteous and were willing to hearken to the truth, and give heed unto it, that ye might walk uprightly before God, then ye would not murmur because of the truth, and say: Thou speakest hard things against us.

Mosiah 18:29
And this he said unto them, having been commanded of God; and they did walk uprightly before God, imparting to one another both temporally and spiritually according to their needs and their wants.

Alma 1:1
Now it came to pass that in the first year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, from this time forward, king Mosiah having gone the way of all the earth, having warred a good warfare, walking uprightly before God, leaving none to reign in his stead; nevertheless he had established laws, and they were acknowledged by the people; therefore they were obliged to abide by the laws which he had made.

Alma 45:24
But they grew proud, being lifted up in their hearts, because of their exceedingly great riches; therefore they grew rich in their own eyes, and would not give heed to their words, to walk uprightly before God.

Alma 50:37
And it came to pass that in the same year that the people of Nephi had peace restored unto them, that Nephihah, the second chief judge, died, having filled the judgment-seat with perfect uprightness before God.

Alma 53:21
Yea, they were men of truth and soberness, for they had been taught to keep the commandments of God and to walk uprightly before him.

Alma 63:2
And he was a just man, and he did walk uprightly before God; and he did observe to do good continually, to keep the commandments of the Lord his God; and also did his brother.

Hel. 6:34
And thus we see that the Nephites did begin to dwindle in unbelief, and grow in wickedness and abominations, while the Lamanites began to grow exceedingly in the knowledge of their God; yea, they did begin to keep his statutes and commandments, and to walk in truth and uprightness before him.

D&C 5:21
And now I command you, my servant Joseph, to repent and walk more uprightly before me, and to yield to the persuasions of men no more;

D&C 18:31
And now I speak unto you, the Twelve-- Behold, my grace is sufficient for you; you must walk uprightly before me and sin not.

D&C 46:7
But ye are commanded in all things to ask of God, who giveth liberally; and that which the Spirit testifies unto you even so I would that ye should do in all holiness of heart, walking uprightly before me, considering the end of your salvation, doing all things with prayer and thanksgiving, that ye may not be seduced by evil spirits, or doctrines of devils, or the commandments of men; for some are of men, and others of devils.

D&C 68:28
And they shall also teach their children to pray, and to walk uprightly before the Lord.

D&C 90:24
Search diligently, pray always, and be believing, and all things shall work together for your good, if ye walk uprightly and remember the covenant wherewith ye have covenanted one with another.

D&C 100:15
Therefore, let your hearts be comforted; for all things shall work together for good to them that walk uprightly, and to the sanctification of the church.

D&C 109:1
Thanks be to thy name, O Lord God of Israel, who keepest covenant and showest mercy unto thy servants who walk uprightly before thee, with all their hearts--