Honesty; integrity in principle or practice; conformity to rectitude and justice in social dealings. I believe he was a spoiled brat. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Perpendicular erection. You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false. For he took away the altars of strange gods and the high places, and had the upright stones broken and the wood pillars cut down; Take notice, please, that Amariah the Chief Priest is presiding over all cases that pertain to the LORD, Ishmael's son Zebadiah is presiding as ruler of the household of Judah with respect to all cases that pertain to the national government, and the descendants of Levi will preside over your other civil cases. Solomon was an upright man in the sense that he looked upwards to God for wisdom and guidance, at least early in his life. “Upright man,” Ovid verses, “made in image of commanding Gods,” alone has rectitude to gaze at heaven: “On earth the brute creation bends its gaze, but man was given a lofty countenance” and “commanded to behold the skies” so he “with an upright face may view the stars.” As with the Psalms, so also here moral … Thanks for commenting. And he said, I will not give it to destruction if there are forty-five. What my posts (including this one) attempt to do is to make sense of passages we don’t quite understand so that what we read enlightens us. That man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. Psalms 37:37 - Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright; For the man of peace will have a posterity. Could the parable of the thief coming in the night be a warning to Christians? Thank you! I think that’s a bit contradictory. Job 1 Revised Standard Version (RSV) Job and His Family. “Is it any pleasure or joy to the Almighty that you are righteous?Or is it of benefit to Him that you make your ways perfect? 28 The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow. The combined wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. Thanks for your comments. 15:2). The God of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God. Warning to Christians: We may be here for the duration! I’ve got to admit that the above verse may be one of the most perplexing in the entire Bible. That, if I was an evil-doer, the curse would come on me; and if I was upright, my head would not be lifted up, being full of shame and overcome with trouble. 2 There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. 1. My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. How powerful have been upright sayings, And what doth reproof from you reprove? Solomon concluded this portion of Ecclesiastes with these words: This only have I found: God made mankind upright, but men have gone in search of many schemes (Eccl. – Ecclesiastes 7:28. I don’t believe I’m putting words into Solomon’s mouth. and the sun standeth still, and the moon hath stood -- till the nation taketh vengeance on its enemies; is it not written on the Book of the Upright, 'and the sun standeth in the midst of the heavens, and hath not hasted to go in -- as a perfect day?'. Your understanding of the passage stands in sharp contrast with what Solomon said in the “Song of Solomon” regarding a woman he deeply loved and respected. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. 1 Kings 11:1-6 gives some details regarding this and what happened because of it: King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women beside Pharaoh’s daughter — Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. pertubed as if God’s word was supposed to agree with your thoughts on what it should be in our world…..so you were mad at GOD cause you did not like his word. Not for your righteousness or because your hearts are upright are you going in to take their land; but because of the evil-doing of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and to give effect to his oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The lesson I believe he was trying to teach through this is for us to find contentment in the marriages we already have and not to seek fulfillment outside of the relationships God has designed to meet our needs in this area. This word is marked in books with the accent on the first syllable. They have no moral character. The problem that Solomon may have had with regards to women is that he was not satisfied with having just one in his life. and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright heart and clean hands have I done this. Well written. ( Log Out /  Now please think: Who has ever perished when they're innocent? And he’s making the point in verse 28 that his personal experience has taught him that upright people and upright relationships with sinful people are rare. I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright. So the Lord said to Solomon, “Since this is your attitude and you have not kept my covenant and my decrees, which I commanded you, I will most certainly tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates.”. The focus of Ecclesiastes 9:9 is what do to when you feel that life is meaningless. I’m putting them in context. God continue to bless you. 100 Bible Verses about Man. on StudyLight.org He did what was good and upright and true before the Lord his God. Thank you very much. The upright are crushed and made low, and the feeble are overcome by his strong ones. After 62+ years with one special lady, that is my best assessment of your question. The mistake I believe many make at this point is bringing a New Testament understanding of uprightness into the passage and equating upright with being righteous. May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; behind my father David's back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he -- Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel's army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah's army. – Matthew 13:24-40, Could the parable of the thief coming in the night be a warning to Christians? Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right? “While I was still searching but not finding — I found one upright man among a thousand, but not one upright woman among them (Ecclesiastes 7:28, NIV).” I’ve got to admit that the above verse may be one of the most perplexing in the entire Bible. In China’s later Han era, there lived a politician called Yang Zhen, a man known for his upright character. He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray. After Yang Zhen was made a provincial governor, one of his earlier patrons, Wang Mi, paid him an unexpected visit. For there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God [with reverence] and abstains from and turns away from evil [because he honors God]." This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. that is all. If by chance there are five less than fifty upright men, will you give up all the town to destruction because of these five? Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. 30 The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land. 1:3),” and not the result of that decision. For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. Isaiah 57:2 - He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, [each one] … International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation. —22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good … Solomon is simply saying I had 1000 women and they were all corrupt, so be on guard. 3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man … or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging? Hezekiah did this throughout all Judah. I know, my God, that You test the heart and that You are pleased with what is right. 7 At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction. Let me know what you discover in your journey of understanding. 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God, and turned away from evil. “While I was still searching but not finding — I found one upright man among a thousand, but not one upright woman among them (Ecclesiastes 7:28, NIV).”. 18 For if the upright man is God's son, God will help him and rescue him from the clutches of his enemies. The most popular Bible verses from Psalms 18 Found 50 Verses Psalms 18:2 Bible Rank: 2,530 ... With the kind and merciful You will show Yourself kind and merciful, with an upright man You will show Yourself upright AMP. Solomon continues this chapter it seems to comment on the betterness of living your life for a good reputation(good in more of the objective than subjective of course), and the difficulties we find to living that honorable life which gives us that good reputation. I’m just offering my opinion about what Solomon might have been referring to, not saying that it has to be understood this way. or a man be clean before his Maker? He eventually had a harem that totaled one thousand. It seems he could be saying that finding an upright (righteous in character) man (friend, trusted servant, etc) was very rare (1 in a 1000) according to his personal experience, but finding a righteous wife was something incredibly more rare in his personal experience (0 out of 1000). Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God. up and right. And for a fourth part of the day, upright in their places, they were reading from the book of the law of their God; and for a fourth part of the day they were requesting forgiveness and worshipping the Lord their God. So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord; he did not follow the Lord completely, as David his father had done. Of course it is God‘s judgment ultimately, but the clues God has given us do not favor those two prideful men. Although we don’t know who this woman was, she could have been the daughter of Pharaoh (1 Kings 3:1). 8 The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner. Sounds reasonable to me that making the best of what you already have to work with is the better choice. I believe my understanding of this passage is consistent with his background and that it’s this that provides the context for what he wrote. ( Log Out /  If this verse is referring to how Solomon felt about his decision to have so many women in his harem, then he found the results to be more bitter than death, used words like stupid, madness, and folly to characterize his choice, and acknowledged that these women  became snares, traps, and chains. For they made high places and upright stones and wood pillars on every high hill and under every green tree; Take the best and most upright of your master's sons, and make him king in his father's place, and put up a fight for your master's family. or how may he be clean who is a son of woman? Upright (392 Occurrences) Matthew 1:19 And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away privately. Then the chiefs of Israel and the king made themselves low and said, The Lord is upright. Was pretty pertubed by this verse and was quite grateful to find a cogent and accessible explanation! A loving doe, and a graceful deer — may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love. 20 Let us condemn him to a shameful death since God will rescue him -- or so he claims.' Women are inherently amoral. Joseph was a considerate husband (Matthew 1:20-23) 3. If by chance there are fifty upright men in the town, will you give the place to destruction and not have mercy on it because of the fifty upright men? I would disagree that Solomon is talking about himself. And he never had sex with her again. Bible Concordance: "upright" Word "upright" found in 64 verse(s), 34 chapter(s) and 16 book(s). 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. This can lead to concluding that the passage is talking about a righteous man who was unable to find a righteous woman. 1. 29 The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil. Joseph was an upright man (Matthew 1:18-19) 2. 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