Verse 2

He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.

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  • Prov 28:6 : 6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
  • 1 Kgs 3:6 : 6 And Solomon said, You have shown to your servant David my father great mercy, as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you; and you have kept for him this great kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
  • Job 1:1 : 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and avoided evil.
  • Job 12:4 : 4 I am like one mocked by his neighbor, who calls upon God, and He answers him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And to man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.'
  • Ps 25:21 : 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait on You.
  • Ps 112:1 : 1 Praise the LORD. Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
  • Ps 123:3-4 : 3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorn of those who are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
  • Prov 2:15 : 15 Whose ways are crooked, and who are perverse in their paths:
  • Prov 11:12 : 12 He who lacks wisdom despises his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his peace.
  • Prov 16:17 : 17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he who keeps his way preserves his soul.
  • Prov 19:1 : 1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
  • Mal 2:5-6 : 5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear with which he feared me and was afraid before my name. 6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found on his lips; he walked with me in peace and equity and turned many away from iniquity.
  • Luke 10:16 : 16 He who hears you hears me; and he who despises you despises me; and he who despises me despises him who sent me.
  • Luke 16:14 : 14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they ridiculed him.
  • Acts 9:31 : 31 Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.
  • Acts 10:22 : 22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one who fears God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned by a holy angel to send for you to his house, and to hear words from you.
  • Acts 10:35 : 35 But in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is accepted by him.
  • Rom 2:4-5 : 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? 5 But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
  • 2 Tim 3:2-3 : 2 For people will be lovers of themselves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those who are good,
  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.