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uprightly

adverb

«uprightly» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

It describes a person who lives and speaks honestly. The prophets praise such people, and say that the wicked hate those who speak honestly.

Interpretation. Tradition reads walking uprightly as living by God's commands in daily life, and speaking truth in one's heart as honesty that is more than just words.

Meaning

In an honest and right way, with fairness and truth. tree →

Examples

  • Do not My words do good to him that walketh uprightly? (Prophets MIC.2.7, JPS 1917) tree →
  • He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh truth in his heart; (Writings PSA.15.2, JPS 1917) tree →
  • They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. (Prophets AMO.5.10, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

On Mova

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