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THE MESSAGE
Proverbs 21:8
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A guilty one’s conduct is crooked,but the behavior of the innocent is upright.
The way of the guilty is devious, But the conduct of the innocent is upright.
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright.
The way of a guilty person is crooked, But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.
Guilty people live dishonest lives, but honest people do right.
The way of the guilty is [exceedingly] crooked, But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.
The way of the guilty is devious, But the conduct of the innocent is upright.
The way of some is peruerted and strange: but of the pure man, his worke is right.
The way of a guilty man is perverse,But as for the pure, his work is upright.
The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
All crooks are liars, but anyone who is innocent will do right.
A criminal's conduct is crooked, but the work of the pure is right.
Very crooked is the way of a guilty man; but as for the pure, his work is upright.
Criminals cause trouble wherever they go, but good people are honest and fair.
He who perverts his own way acts strangely; but he who is pure, his works are right.
Guilty people walk a crooked path; the innocent do what is right.
Crooked is the way of a man and a foreigner, but the pure is upright in his conduct.
The way of a guilty man is perverted; but the pure, his way is upright.
The wayes of the frowarde are straunge, but ye workes of him yt is cleane, are right.
The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.
Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.
The way of man is froward and strange; but as for the pure, his work is right.
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure; his worke is right.
The way of the vngodly is frowarde and straunge: but of the pure man his worke is right.
To the froward God sends froward ways; for his works are pure and right.
The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked: but as for the pure, his work is right.
The weiward weie of a man is alien fro God; but the werk of hym that is cleene, is riytful.
The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.
The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for] the pure, his work [is] right.
The way of the guilty person is devious, but as for the pure, his way is upright.
The way of a guilty man is perverse; [fn] But as for the pure, his work is right.
The guilty walk a crooked path; the innocent travel a straight road.
The way of a guilty man is sinful, but the actions of the pure man are right.
The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is right.
Crooked is the way of a guilty man, but, as for the pure, straight is his dealing.
The perverse way of a man is strange: but as for him that is pure, his work is right.
The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is right.
Froward [is] the way of a man who is vile, And the pure -- upright [is] his work.
The way of a guilty man is crooked, But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
way: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 6:12, Job 15:14-16, Psalms 14:2, Psalms 14:3, Ecclesiastes 7:29, Ecclesiastes 9:3, 1 Corinthians 3:3, Ephesians 2:2, Ephesians 2:3, Titus 3:3
but: Proverbs 15:26, Proverbs 30:12, Daniel 12:10, Matthew 5:8, Matthew 12:33, Acts 15:9, Titus 1:15, Titus 2:14, Titus 3:5, 1 Peter 1:22, 1 Peter 1:23, 1 John 2:29, 1 John 3:3
Reciprocal: Proverbs 6:14 - Frowardness Proverbs 15:9 - The way Proverbs 20:11 - General Isaiah 55:8 - General
Cross-References
But he insisted, wouldn't take no for an answer; and they relented and went home with him. Lot fixed a hot meal for them and they ate.
Isaac laid out a feast and they ate and drank together. Early in the morning they exchanged oaths. Then Isaac said good-bye and they parted as friends.
And sure enough, on the third day it was Pharaoh's birthday and he threw a feast for all his servants. He set the head cupbearer and the head baker in places of honor in the presence of all the guests. Then he restored the head cupbearer to his cupbearing post; he handed Pharaoh his cup just as before. And then he impaled the head baker on a post, following Joseph's interpretations exactly.
His father went on down to make arrangements with the woman, while Samson prepared a feast there. That's what the young men did in those days. Because the people were wary of him, they arranged for thirty friends to mingle with him.
Samson said to them: "Let me put a riddle to you. If you can figure it out during the seven days of the feast, I'll give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of fine clothing. But if you can't figure it out then you'll give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of fine clothing." They said, "Put your riddle. Let's hear it." So he said, From the eater came something to eat, From the strong came something sweet.
When Abigail got home she found Nabal presiding over a huge banquet. He was in high spirits—and very, very drunk. So she didn't tell him anything of what she'd done until morning. But in the morning, after Nabal had sobered up, she told him the whole story. Right then and there he had a heart attack and fell into a coma. About ten days later God finished him off and he died.
When Abner and the twenty men who were with him met with David in Hebron, David laid out a feast for them.
Solomon woke up—what a dream! He returned to Jerusalem, took his place before the Chest of the Covenant of God, and worshiped by sacrificing Whole-Burnt-Offerings and Peace-Offerings. Then he laid out a banquet for everyone in his service.
I've kept my feet on the ground, I've cultivated a quiet heart. Like a baby content in its mother's arms, my soul is a baby content.
After Gomer had weaned No-Mercy, she got pregnant yet again and had a son. God said: "Name him Nobody. You've become nobodies to me, and I, God , am a nobody to you.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The way of man [is] froward and strange,.... Not the way of any and every man; not the way of righteous and good men, of believers in Christ; who know him, the way, and walk in him and after him, and being led by him; who have his spirit to be their guide, and do walk in his ways, and find pleasure in them; the way of such is not froward or perverse, but upright and even, and is not strange, for the Lord knows and approves of it: but the way of wicked and impure men, as may be learned from the opposition in the next clause; the way of unregenerate men, who are gone out of the good way, and turned to their own way, which is according to the course of the world, and after the prince of it, and according to the flesh, and dictates of corrupt nature, which is the common and broad road that leads to destruction. This is a "froward" or perverse way, a way contrary to reason and truth; contrary to the word of God, and the directions of it; it is a crooked distorted path; it is not according to rule; it is a deviation from the way of God's commandment, and is a "strange" one; the Scriptures know nothing of it, and do not point and direct unto it; it estranges a man from God, and carries him further and further off from him. It may be rendered, "perverse [is] the way of a man, even of a stranger" t; of one that is a stranger to God and godliness; to Christ and his Gospel; to the Spirit, and the operations of his grace on the heart; to his own heart, and his state and condition by nature; and to all good men, and all that is good;
but [as for] the pure, his work [is] right. God is pure, purity itself, in comparison of whom nothing is pure; and his work in creation, providence, and grace, is right; there is no unrighteousness in him; and this sense is favoured by the Septuagint and Arabic versions: or rather every good man, who, through the pure righteousness of Christ imputed to him, and through his precious blood being sprinkled on him, or rather through being washed in it, and through the grace of God bestowed on him, is pure, wholly cleansed from sin; has a pure heart, speaks a pure language, and holds the mystery of faith in a pure conscience or conversation: and his work, or the work of God upon him, is right and good; or his work of faith, which he exercises on God, is hearty and genuine: and even his works, as the Targum, Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, have it in the plural number; all his good works are right; being done from love, in faith, in the name and strength of Christ, and to the glory of God.
t ××ר "et alieni", Pagninus, Montanus; "et extranei", Vatablus; so Jarchi, Kimchi, and Ben Melech.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Or, âPerverse is the way of a sin burdened man.â
