Proverbs 21:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.”
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“The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Froward <FI>is<Fi> the way of a man who is vile, And the pure--upright <FI>is<Fi> his work.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 21:8 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 6:5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
- Genesis 6:12And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.
- Job 15:14What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
- Psalms 14:2The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
- Proverbs 2:15whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
- Proverbs 15:26The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.
- Proverbs 30:12There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
- Ecclesiastes 7:29Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
- Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
- Isaiah 26:7The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.
- Isaiah 59:8The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.
- Daniel 12:10Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.
- Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
- Matthew 12:33Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
- Acts 15:9He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.
- 1 Corinthians 3:3for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
- Ephesians 2:2in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
- Titus 1:15To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
- Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
- Titus 3:3For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- Titus 3:5He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
- 1 Peter 1:22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
- 1 John 2:29If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
- 1 John 3:3And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.
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