Proverbs 21:8
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The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
In other translations
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 1 John 3:3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.
- 1 Peter 1:22-2322 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: 23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.22 Since 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. 23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
- Psalm 14:2-32 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. 3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.2 The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God. 3 All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
- Daniel 12:10Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.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.
- 1 John 2:29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
- 1 Corinthians 3:3For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?for 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?
- Proverbs 2:15Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
- Ephesians 2:2-32 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.2 in 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. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
- Ecclesiastes 7:29Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
- Matthew 12:33Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.Make 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.
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