Proverbs 21:8

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The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright.

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  • Prov 2:15 : 15 Their paths are crooked, and their ways are devious.
  • Prov 15:26 : 26 The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but gracious words are pure to Him.
  • Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, yet it is not cleansed from its filth.
  • Eccl 7:29 : 29 This only have I found: God created mankind upright, but they have gone in search of many schemes.
  • Eccl 9:3 : 3 This is the distressing thing about everything that happens under the sun: the same fate befalls all. Moreover, the hearts of humans are full of evil, and madness resides in their hearts during their lives; and after that, they join the dead.
  • Dan 12:10 : 10 Many 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.
  • Matt 5:8 : 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
  • Matt 12:33 : 33 Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.
  • Acts 15:9 : 9 He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
  • 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 For you are still worldly. Since there is jealousy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not worldly and living like mere humans?
  • Eph 2:2-3 : 2 In which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 Among them we all also once lived in the desires of our flesh, carrying out the inclinations of the flesh and of the mind, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
  • Titus 1:15 : 15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; rather, both their mind and conscience are defiled.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify a people for His own possession, who are eager to do good works.
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
  • Titus 3:5 : 5 He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Pet 1:22-23 : 22 Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart. 23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
  • 1 John 2:29 : 29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
  • 1 John 3:3 : 3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
  • Gen 6:5-6 : 5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of humanity had become on the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of their heart was only evil continually. 6 The Lord regretted that He had made humanity on the earth, and it deeply grieved Him.
  • Gen 6:12 : 12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all flesh had ruined their way on the earth.
  • Job 15:14-16 : 14 What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of a woman, that he could be righteous? 15 Behold, God puts no trust in His holy ones, and even the heavens are not pure in His sight. 16 How much less is a man, who is detestable and corrupt, one who drinks iniquity like water!
  • Ps 14:2-3 : 2 The LORD looks down from heaven on all humanity to see if there is anyone who understands, anyone who seeks after God. 3 They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt. There is no one who does good, not even one.

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  • Prov 2:15
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    15 Their paths are crooked, and their ways are devious.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29 A wicked man hardens his face, but an upright person considers their way.

  • 2 Sam 22:27
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    27 To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.

  • Prov 21:2
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    2 Every person's way seems right in their own eyes, but the LORD evaluates the hearts.

  • Ps 18:26
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    26 To the faithful You show Yourself faithful; to the blameless You show Yourself blameless.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9 The one who walks in integrity walks securely, but the one who perverts his ways will be found out.

  • Prov 5:21
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    21 For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and He examines all his paths.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20 Those with twisted hearts are detestable to the Lord, but His delight is in those whose ways are blameless.

  • Prov 11:3
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    3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12 There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end leads to death.

  • Prov 10:29
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    29 The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the blameless, but it is ruin to evildoers.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6 Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to act justly.

  • Prov 28:18
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    18 Whoever walks in integrity will be saved, but one who is crooked in his ways will fall into ruin.

  • Prov 2:20-21
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    20 So you will walk in the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

    21 For the upright will inhabit the land, and those with integrity will remain in it.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5 The righteousness of the blameless makes their path straight, but the wicked fall because of their own wickedness.

    6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.

  • Job 17:8-9
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    8 The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent one is stirred against the godless.

    9 Yet the righteous hold to their way, and those with clean hands grow stronger.

  • Isa 26:7
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    7 The path of the righteous is level; You, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27 The righteous detest the unjust, and the wicked detest the upright.

  • Prov 8:8
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    8 All the words of my mouth are righteous; none of them are twisted or perverse.

  • Prov 20:11
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    11 Even a young person is known by their actions—whether their conduct is pure and upright.

  • Ps 1:6
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    6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

  • Prov 20:24
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    24 A person's steps are directed by the Lord; how then can anyone understand their own way?

  • Prov 28:6
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    6 Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in his ways and rich.

  • Prov 3:32
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    32 For the devious person is an abomination to the LORD, but His confidential counsel is with the upright.

  • Prov 16:2
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    2 All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but the Lord weighs the spirit.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 15:9
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    9 The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10 Whoever leads the upright along an evil path will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

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    25 There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way of death.

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    12 The righteous one considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked down to ruin.

  • Prov 4:19
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    19 The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.

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    9 The heart of a person plans their way, but the Lord establishes their steps.

  • Prov 2:12-13
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    12 rescuing you from the way of evil, from anyone who speaks perversely,

    13 from those who abandon the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,

  • Prov 15:19
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    19 The path of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the upright is smooth.

  • Prov 16:17
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    17 The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15 Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the treacherous leads to ruin.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26 The righteous choose their companions wisely, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Hos 14:9
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    9 Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? I will answer him and care for him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from me.

  • Eccl 7:13
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    13 Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what he has made crooked?

  • Prov 14:2
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    2 Whoever walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but the one whose ways are devious despises Him.

  • Ezek 33:17
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    17 Yet your people say, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' But it is their way that is not just.

  • Isa 59:8
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    8 The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their ways. They have made their paths crooked; whoever walks in them does not know peace.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18 The wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness receives a sure reward.

  • Job 34:21
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    21 For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees all his steps.

  • Job 34:11
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    11 For He repays a man for his deeds and brings upon him what his conduct deserves.