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uprightness, integrity, equity. Straightness, moral rectitude, integrity of walk before God and fellow humans.

righteousness, distributive justice, virtue. Covenant righteousness, ethical rectitude, distributive justice, equity; fidelity to relationship requirements between God and man.

brother, kinsman, fellow countryman. Brother by blood or covenant kinship; duty of brotherly love, mutual aid, and protection of inheritance in Israel.

wickedness, iniquity, lawlessness. Unrighteousness, moral lawlessness, civil injustice, oppression of the poor and helpless.

wise, skilled, discerning. Wise, judicious, skilled in ethical living and practical craftsmanship, receptive to instruction.

prudence, shrewdness, discretion. Shrewdness, prudence, practical craftiness; positive moral sagacity in Proverbs protecting against temptation.

good, pleasant, beneficial. Good, pleasant, morally upright, beneficial, beautiful; reflecting divine design in creation and the benevolent moral nature of God.

upright, straight, pleasing. Straight, level, right, upright; describes moral rectitude of God's ways and integrity of heart.

judgment, cause, lawsuit, justice. Legal cause, lawsuit, judgment; defending the right of the fatherless and poor (Jeremiah 22:16).

wicked, guilty, ungodly. Wicked, guilty, hostile to God and community; one condemned in judgment, living in active rebellion against divine Torah.

correct, righteous, righteous. Primary meaning: correct, righteous, righteous, righteous. Strong's: equitable (in character or act); by implication, innocent, holy (absolutely or relatively). Lexical nuances: in early Gk. writers of persons, observant of δίκη , custom, rule, right, righteous in performing duties to gods and men ; of things, righteous , in accordance with right.

to love, desire, delight in. To love, delight in; commanded in Shema ('love the LORD your God with all your heart', Deuteronomy 6:5) and neighbor love (Leviticus 19:18).

to scorn, scoff, mock, interpret. To scoff at divine instruction, mock moral rebuke, deride sacred truth; chief antagonist in Proverbs.

wisdom, skill, godly discernment. Skillful living, moral insight, master craftsmanship; theological personification in Proverbs 8 co-working with God at creation; fear of the Lord is its beginning.

deceit, treachery, guile, fraud. Deceit, craftiness, fraud, false balances; moral treachery condemned in wisdom literature and absent from the Suffering Servant (Isaiah 53:9).

integrity, completeness, innocence. Simplicity, uprightness, unblemished moral integrity; walking before God with whole undivided heart (Psalm 26:1).

folly, senseless outrage, sacrilege. Senseless outrage, moral disgraceful act violating covenant dignity (Genesis 34:7, Joshua 7:15).

clean, pure, undefiled, unalloyed. Pure, undefiled; used of pure gold in sanctuary, clean animals, and moral integrity ('clean hands and a pure heart', Psalm 24:4).

meek, humble, pious poor. Meek, pious humble one who submits to God's will; applied to Moses ('very meek', Numbers 12:3) and eschatological inheritors of the land (Psalm 37:11).

piety, reverence, piety towards God, godliness. Primary meaning: piety, reverence, piety towards God, godliness. Strong's: piety; specially, the gospel scheme. Lexical nuances: piety, reverence (towards parents and others).

judgment, justice, ordinance, right. Justice, judicial verdict, case law; encompasses retributive justice against wickedness and protective advocacy for vulnerable (orphan, widow, alien).

righteously, justly. Primary meaning: righteously, justly. Strong's: equitably. Lexical nuances: righteously : I Co 15:34 , I Th 2:10 , Tit 2:12 .

consciousness, conscience. Primary meaning: consciousness, conscience. Strong's: co-perception, i.e. moral consciousness. Lexical nuances: consciousness : c. gen. obj., He 10:2 , I Pe 2:19 .

to make, do, fashion, accomplish. To make, produce, fashion, perform; broad verb of creative and historical action, describing God making the cosmos and fulfilling covenant.

goodness. Primary meaning: goodness. Strong's: goodness, i.e. virtue or beneficence. Lexical nuances: goodness (representing "the kindlier, as δικαιοσύνη , the sterner element in the ideal character," AR, Eph., 5:9 ; on its relation to χρηστότης , v. Tr., Syn ., §lxiii): Ro 15:14 , Ga 5:22 , II Th 1:11 .†

good, thy favour, benefit, goodliness. Primary meaning: good, thy favour, benefit, goodliness. Strong's: "good" (in any sense, often as noun). Lexical nuances: in general, good , in physical and in moral sense, used of persons, things, acts, conditions, etc., applied to that which is regarded as "perfect in its kind, so as to produce pleasure and satisfaction, . . . that which, in itself good, is also at once for the good and the advantage of him who comes in contact with it" (Cremer, 3): γῆ , Lk 8:8 ; δένδρον , Mt 7:18 ; καρδία , Lk 8:15 ; δόσις , Ja...

love, goodwill, esteem. Primary meaning: love, goodwill, esteem, love feasts. Strong's: love, i.e. affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a love-feast. Lexical nuances: love , goodwill , esteem . Outside of bibl. and eccl. books, there is no clear instance (with Deiss., LAE , 18:4, 70:2, cf. the same writer in Constr. Quar. , ii, 4; and with MM, VGT , s.v., cf. Dr. Moulton in Exp. Times , xxvi, 3, 139). In NT, like ἀγαπάω , -ῶ , Of men's love: to one another, Jo 13:35 ; to God, I Jo 2:5 . Of divine love; God's love: to men, Ro 5:8 ; to Christ, Jo 17:26 ; Chris...

to love. Primary meaning: to love. Strong's: to love (in a social or moral sense). Lexical nuances: to love , to feel and exhibit esteem and goodwill to a person, to prize and delight in a thing. Of human affection, to men: τ. πλησίον , Mt 5:43 ; τ. ἐχθρούς , ib. 44 ; to Christ, Jo 8:42 ; to God, Mt 22:37 ; c. acc. rei, Lk 11:43 , Jo 12:43 , Eph 5:25 , II Tim 4:8 , 10 , He 1:9 , I Pe 2:17 , 3:10 , II Pe 2:15 , I Jo 2:15 , Re 12:11 . Of divine love; God's love: to men, Ro 8:37 ; to Christ, Jo ...

simplicity, sincerity, liberality. Primary meaning: simplicity, sincerity, liberality, graciousness. Strong's: singleness, i.e. (subjectively) sincerity (without dissimulation or self-seeking), or (objectively) generosity (copious bestowal). Lexical nuances: simplicity , sincerity : Ro 12:8 , II Co 11:3 , Eph 6:5 , Col 3:22 ; as manifested in generous, unselfish giving, liberality , graciousness : II Co 8:2 9:11 , 13 (v. ICC , Ro. , 12:8 ; Hort, Ja. , 1:5 , and v.s. ἁπλῶς ).†

to be ignorant, not to know, not to understand. Primary meaning: to be ignorant, not to know, not to understand. Strong's: not to know (through lack of information or intelligence); by implication, to ignore (through disinclination). Lexical nuances: to be ignorant , not to know : absol., I Ti 1:13 , He 5:2 ; c. acc., Ac 13:27 17:23 , Ro 10:3 , II Co 2:11 ; ἐν οἷς , II Pe 2:12 ; seq. ὅτι , Ro 2:4 6:3 7:1 , I Co 14:38 ; οὐ θέλω ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν , a Pauline phrase: c. acc., Ro 11:25 ; seq. ὑπέρ , II Co 1:8 ; περί , I Co 12:1 , I Th 4:13 . ὅτι , Ro 1:13 , I Co 10:1 (for similar usage in π. , V. MM, VGT , s.v.). Pass.: I Co 14:38 , II Co 6:9 , Ga 1...

mastery, control, self-control. Primary meaning: mastery, control, self-control. Strong's: self-control (especially continence). Lexical nuances: prop., mastery, control . (sc. ἑαθτοῦ ) self-control : Ac 24:25 , Ga 5:23 , II Pe 1:6 (v. DB , iv, 558 b 695 a ; Page on Ac, l.c.).†

simple, single. Primary meaning: simple, single. Strong's: properly, folded together, i.e. single (figuratively, clear). Lexical nuances: simple , single : in a moral sense ( DCG , ii, 628 f.), ἀφθαλμός , Mt 6:22 , Lk 11:34 . (In π. of a marriage dowry, v. MM, s.v.).†

pious, godly, devout. Primary meaning: pious, godly, devout. Strong's: well-reverent, i.e. pious. Lexical nuances: pious, godly, devout : Ac 10:2 , 7 , II Pe 2:9 .†

peace. Primary meaning: peace. Strong's: peace (literally or figuratively); by implication, prosperity. Lexical nuances: peace ; of public peace, freedom from war: Lk 14:32 , Ac 12:20 24:2 ; of the church, Ac 9:31 . Of peace between persons, concord, agreement : Mt 10:34 , Lk 12:51 , Ro 14:17 , I Co 7:15 , Ga 5:22 , Ja 3:18 ; ζητεῖν εἰ. , I Pe 3:11 ; διώκειν , II Ti 2:22 ; ib. seq. μετὰ πάντων , He 12:14 ; by meton., of him who brings peace, Eph 2:14 . As in LXX (= Heb. שָׁלוֹם , Aram. שְׁלָם ), of a state of secur...

master of, self -controlled, exercising self-control. Primary meaning: master of, self -controlled, exercising self-control. Strong's: strong in a thing (masterful), i.e. (figuratively and reflexively) self-controlled (in appetite, etc.). Lexical nuances: strong, powerful. C. gen. rei, master of , hence, (sc. ἑαυτοῦ ), self -controlled, exercising self-control : Tit 1:8 .†

gentle, meek. Primary meaning: gentle, meek. Strong's: mild, i.e. (by implication) humble. Lexical nuances: gentle , meek : Mt 5:5 11:29 21:5 (LXX) , I Pe 3:4 .†