“And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.”
Bible
“Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.”
“The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.”
“Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? / He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.”
“Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.”
“Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.”
Chanakya
“O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!”
Dante Alighieri
