Proverbs 21:8 “The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is…”

Proverbs 21:8

The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.

Geneva Bible 1599

The way of some is peruerted and strange: but of the pure man, his worke is right.

Darby Translation

Very crooked is the way of a guilty man; but as for the pure, his work is upright.

Young's Literal Translation

Froward [is] the way of a man who is vile, And the pure — upright [is] his work.

Bible in Basic English

Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

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Cross references

“way”

1 Corinthians 3:3 Genesis 6:12 Job 15:14–16 Ecclesiastes 7:29 Ecclesiastes 9:3 Titus 3:3

1 Corinthians 3:3 · BSB

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?

Genesis 6:12 · BSB

And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.

Job 15:14–16 · BSB

What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

Ecclesiastes 7:29 · BSB

Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”

Ecclesiastes 9:3 · BSB

This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.

Titus 3:3 · BSB

For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

“but”

Daniel 12:10 1 John 2:29 1 John 3:3 Proverbs 15:26 Proverbs 30:12 Matthew 5:8

Daniel 12:10 · BSB

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 2:29 · BSB

If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

1 John 3:3 · BSB

And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.

Proverbs 15:26 · BSB

The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.

Proverbs 30:12 · BSB

There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.

Matthew 5:8 · BSB

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

Also

Proverbs 2:15

Proverbs 2:15 · BSB

whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.

9Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

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