Proverbs 21:8

World English Bible (2000)

The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 2:15 : 15 who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths:
  • Prov 15:26 : 26 Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.
  • Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.
  • Eccl 7:29 : 29 Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes."
  • Eccl 9:3 : 3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
  • Dan 12:10 : 10 Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but those who are wise shall understand.
  • Matt 5:8 : 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
  • Matt 12:33 : 33 "Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the 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 fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren't you fleshly, and don't you walk in the ways of men?
  • Eph 2:2-3 : 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience; 3 among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
  • Titus 1:15 : 15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
  • Titus 3:5 : 5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
  • 1 Pet 1:22-23 : 22 Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently: 23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
  • 1 John 2:29 : 29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.
  • 1 John 3:3 : 3 Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
  • Gen 6:5-6 : 5 Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
  • Gen 6:12 : 12 God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
  • Job 15:14-16 : 14 What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? 15 Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight; 16 how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
  • Ps 14:2-3 : 2 Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who did understand, who did seek after God. 3 They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is none who does good, no, not one.

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  • Prov 2:15
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    15who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths:

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

  • 2 Sam 22:27
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    27With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

  • Prov 21:2
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    2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.

  • Ps 18:26
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    26With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

  • Prov 5:21
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    21For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.

  • Prov 11:3
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    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

  • Prov 10:29
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    29The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

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

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

  • Prov 28:18
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    18Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

  • Prov 2:20-21
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    20that you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

    21For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

  • Job 17:8-9
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    8Upright men shall be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

    9Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

  • Isa 26:7
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    7The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.

  • Prov 8:8
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    8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

  • Prov 20:11
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    11Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

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

  • Prov 20:24
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    24A man's steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

  • Prov 3:32
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    32For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright.

  • Prov 16:2
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    2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Yahweh weighs the motives.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.

  • Prov 15:9
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    9The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.

  • Prov 16:25
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    25There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

  • Prov 4:19
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    19The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.

  • Prov 16:9
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    9A man's heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

  • Prov 2:12-13
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    12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;

    13who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

  • Prov 15:19
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    19The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

  • Prov 16:17
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    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Hos 14:9
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    9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.

  • Eccl 7:13
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    13Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?

  • Prov 14:2
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    2He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

  • Ezek 33:17
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    17Yet the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

  • Isa 59:8
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    8The way of peace they don't know; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whoever goes therein does not know peace.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

  • Job 34:21
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    21"For his eyes are on the ways of a man. He sees all his goings.

  • Job 34:11
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    11For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.