Proverbs 14:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He who goes on his way in righteousness has before him the fear of the Lord; but he whose ways are twisted gives him no honour.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 28:6 : 6 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.
  • 1 Kgs 3:6 : 6 And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day.
  • Job 1:1 : 1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.
  • Job 12:4 : 4 It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of!
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.
  • Ps 25:21 : 21 For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.
  • Ps 112:1 : 1 Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws.
  • Ps 123:3-4 : 3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for all men are looking down on us. 4 For long enough have men of pride made sport of our soul.
  • Prov 2:15 : 15 Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:
  • Prov 11:12 : 12 He who has a poor opinion of his neighbour has no sense, but a wise man keeps quiet.
  • Prov 16:17 : 17 The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.
  • Prov 19:1 : 1 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.
  • Mal 2:5-6 : 5 My agreement with him was on my side life and peace, and I gave them to him; on his side fear, and he had fear of me and gave honour to my name. 6 True teaching was in his mouth, and no evil was seen on his lips: he was walking with me in peace and righteousness, turning numbers of people away from evil-doing.
  • Luke 10:16 : 16 Whoever gives ear to you, gives ear to me; and whoever is against you, is against me; and whoever is against me, is against him who sent me.
  • Luke 16:14 : 14 And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.
  • Acts 9:31 : 31 And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.
  • Acts 10:22 : 22 And they said, Cornelius, a captain, an upright and God-fearing man, respected by all the nation of the Jews, had word from God by an angel to send for you to his house, and to give hearing to your words.
  • Acts 10:35 : 35 But in every nation, the man who has fear of him and does righteousness is pleasing to him.
  • Rom 2:4-5 : 4 Or is it nothing to you that God had pity on you, waiting and putting up with you for so long, not seeing that in his pity God's desire is to give you a change of heart? 5 But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;
  • 2 Tim 3:2-3 : 2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, uplifted in pride, given to bitter words, going against the authority of their fathers, never giving praise, having no religion, 3 Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,
  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.

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    9 He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.

  • Prov 12:8
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    8 A man will be praised in the measure of his wisdom, but a wrong-minded man will be looked down on.

  • Prov 28:18
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    18 He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

  • Ps 128:1
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    1 <A Song of the going up.> Happy is the worshipper of the Lord, who is walking in his ways.

  • Ps 15:2
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    2 He who goes on his way uprightly, doing righteousness, and saying what is true in his heart;

  • Prov 8:13
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    13 The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

  • Ps 15:4
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    4 Who gives honour to those who have the fear of the Lord, turning away from him who has not the Lord's approval. He who takes an oath against himself, and makes no change.

  • Prov 14:15-17
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    15 The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.

    16 The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

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  • Prov 11:3
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    3 The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20 The uncontrolled are hated by the Lord, but those whose ways are without error are his delight

  • Prov 13:5-6
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    5 The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.

    6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

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    9 The way of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but he who goes after righteousness is dear to him.

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    13 He who makes sport of the word will come to destruction, but the respecter of the law will be rewarded.

  • Hos 14:9
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  • Prov 2:13
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    13 Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;

  • Prov 19:23
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    23 The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.

  • Prov 2:20
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    20 So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21 Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29 The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

  • Prov 10:17
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    17 He who takes note of teaching is a way of life, but he who gives up training is a cause of error.

  • Prov 28:14
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    14 Happy is the man in whom is the fear of the Lord at all times; but he whose heart is hard will come into trouble.

  • Prov 1:7
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    7 The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3 In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

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    15 Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

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    33 The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.

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    1 Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.

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    12 If a man has the fear of the Lord, the Lord will be his teacher in the way of his pleasure.

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    17 The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.

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    32 For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.

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  • Job 12:5
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  • Ps 40:4
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    29 The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20 Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

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    4 The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.

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  • Prov 19:16
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    16 He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27 An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

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    15 Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

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    12 There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

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    10 Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

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    2 A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.