Limitless Word
יָשָׁרyâshâr/yaw-shawr'/
HebrewH3477119 occurrences (KJV)

straight (literally or figuratively)

KJV renders it: convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), [phrase] pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).

Where it appears

  • Exod 15:26and he said, “If you will diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you.”
  • Num 23:10Who can count the dust of Jacob, or count the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous! Let my last end be like his!”
  • Deut 6:18You shall do that which is right and good in Yahweh’s sight; that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore to your fathers,
  • Deut 12:8You shall not do after all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;
  • Deut 12:25You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, when you shall do that which is right in Yahweh’s eyes.
  • Deut 12:28Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in Yahweh your God’s eyes.
  • Deut 13:18when you listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, to keep all his commandments which I command you today, to do that which is right in Yahweh your God’s eyes.
  • Deut 21:9So you shall put away the innocent blood from among you, when you shall do that which is right in Yahweh’s eyes.
  • Deut 32:4The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.
  • Josh 9:25Now, behold, we are in your hand. Do to us as it seems good and right to you to do.”
  • Josh 10:13The sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Isn’t this written in the book of Jashar? The sun stayed in the middle of the sky, and didn’t hurry to go down about a whole day.
  • Judg 17:6In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.
  • Judg 21:25In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.
  • 1 Sam 12:23Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
  • 1 Sam 29:6Then Achish called David, and said to him, “As Yahweh lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, the lords don’t favor you.
  • 2 Sam 1:18(and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):
  • 2 Sam 19:6in that you love those who hate you, and hate those who love you. For you have declared today, that princes and servants are nothing to you. For today I perceive that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died today, then it would have pleased you well.
  • 1 Kgs 11:33because that they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon. They have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my ordinances, as David his father did.
  • 1 Kgs 11:38It shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.
  • 1 Kgs 14:8and tore the kingdom away from David’s house, and gave it you; and yet you have not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in my eyes,
  • 1 Kgs 15:5because David did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, and didn’t turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
  • 1 Kgs 15:11Asa did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, as David his father did.
  • 1 Kgs 22:43He walked in all the way of Asa his father. He didn’t turn aside from it, doing that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes. However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
  • 2 Kgs 10:3Select the best and fittest of your master’s sons, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”
  • 2 Kgs 10:15When he had departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him. He greeted him, and said to him, “Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart?” Jehonadab answered, “It is.” “If it is, give me your hand.” He gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
  • 2 Kgs 10:30Yahweh said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in executing that which is right in my eyes, and have done to Ahab’s house according to all that was in my heart, your descendants shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.”
  • 2 Kgs 12:2Jehoash did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
  • 2 Kgs 14:3He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, yet not like David his father. He did according to all that Joash his father had done.
  • 2 Kgs 15:3He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
  • 2 Kgs 15:34He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes. He did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
  • 2 Kgs 16:2Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He didn’t do that which was right in Yahweh his God’s eyes, like David his father.
  • 2 Kgs 18:3He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, according to all that David his father had done.
  • 2 Kgs 22:2He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, and walked in all the way of David his father, and didn’t turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
  • 2 Chr 14:2Asa did that which was good and right in Yahweh his God’s eyes;
  • 2 Chr 20:32He walked in the way of Asa his father, and didn’t turn aside from it, doing that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes.
  • 2 Chr 24:2Joash did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
  • 2 Chr 25:2He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, but not with a perfect heart.
  • 2 Chr 26:4He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
  • 2 Chr 27:2He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, according to all that his father Uzziah had done. However he didn’t enter into Yahweh’s temple. The people still acted corruptly.
  • 2 Chr 28:1Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He didn’t do that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, like David his father,
  • 2 Chr 29:2He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, according to all that David his father had done.
  • 2 Chr 29:34But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings. Therefore their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
  • 2 Chr 31:20Hezekiah did so throughout all Judah; and he did that which was good, right, and faithful before Yahweh his God.
  • 2 Chr 34:2He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, and walked in the ways of David his father, and didn’t turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
  • Ezra 8:21Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our possessions.
  • Neh 9:13“You also came down on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
  • Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
  • Job 1:8Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.”
  • Job 2:3Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”
  • Job 4:7“Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
  • Job 8:6If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
  • Job 17:8Upright men shall be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
  • Job 23:7There the upright might reason with him, so I should be delivered forever from my judge.
  • Job 33:27He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.
  • Ps 7:10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
  • Ps 11:2For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
  • Ps 11:7For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face.
  • Ps 19:8Yahweh’s precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. Yahweh’s commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.
  • Ps 25:8Good and upright is Yahweh, therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.
  • Ps 32:11Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!
  • Ps 33:1Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.
  • Ps 33:4For Yahweh’s word is right. All his work is done in faithfulness.
  • Ps 36:10Oh continue your loving kindness to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart.
  • Ps 37:14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright on the path.
  • Ps 37:37Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.
  • Ps 49:14They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.
  • Ps 64:10The righteous shall be glad in Yahweh, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him!
  • Ps 92:15to show that Yahweh is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
  • Ps 94:15For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
  • Ps 97:11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
  • Ps 107:7he led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.
  • Ps 107:42The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.
  • Ps 111:1Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.
  • Ps 111:8They are established forever and ever. They are done in truth and uprightness.
  • Ps 112:2His offspring will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.
  • Ps 112:4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.
  • Ps 119:137You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.
  • Ps 125:4Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to those who are upright in their hearts.
  • Ps 140:13Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name. The upright will dwell in your presence.
  • Prov 2:7He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;
  • Prov 2:21For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
  • Prov 3:32For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright.
  • Prov 8:9They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.
  • Prov 11:3The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
  • Prov 11:6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.
  • Prov 11:11By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
  • Prov 12:6The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
  • Prov 12:15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.
  • Prov 14:9Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.
  • Prov 14:11The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
  • Prov 14:12There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
  • Prov 15:8The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
  • Prov 15:19The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
  • Prov 16:13Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth.
  • Prov 16:17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.
  • Prov 16:25There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
  • Prov 20:11Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
  • Prov 21:2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.
  • Prov 21:8The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
  • Prov 21:18The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.
  • Prov 21:29A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.
  • Prov 28:10Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.
  • Prov 29:10The bloodthirsty hate a man of integrity; and they seek the life of the upright.
  • Prov 29:27A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.
  • Eccl 7:29Behold, I have only found this: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes.”
  • Isa 26:7The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.
  • Jer 26:14But as for me, behold, I am in your hand. Do with me what is good and right in your eyes.
  • Jer 31:9They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
  • Jer 34:15You had now turned, and had done that which is right in my eyes, in every man proclaiming liberty to his neighbor; and you had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name;
  • Jer 40:4Now, behold, I release you today from the chains which are on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will take care of you; but if it seems bad to you to come with me into Babylon, don’t. Behold, all the land is before you. Where it seems good and right to you to go, there go.”
  • Jer 40:5Now while he had not yet gone back, “Go back then,” he said, “to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go.” So the captain of the guard gave him food and a present, and let him go.
  • Ezek 1:7Their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot; and they sparkled like burnished brass.
  • Ezek 1:23Under the expanse were their wings straight, the one toward the other: each one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies.
  • Dan 11:17He shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and with him equitable conditions; and he shall perform them: and he shall give him the daughter of women, to corrupt her; but she shall not stand, neither be for him.
  • Hos 14:9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.
  • Mic 2:7Shall it be said, O house of Jacob: “Is Yahweh’s Spirit angry? Are these his doings? Don’t my words do good to him who walks blamelessly?”
  • Mic 3:9Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity.
  • Mic 7:2The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.
  • Mic 7:4The best of them is like a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, even your visitation, has come; now is the time of their confusion.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.