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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.
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.
Mixed motives twist life into tangles; pure motives take you straight down the road.
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 Lot begged them to come, so they agreed and went to his house. Then Lot prepared a meal for them. He baked bread without yeast, and they ate it.
So Isaac prepared food for them, and they all ate and drank.
So Laban gave a feast for all the people there.
Three days later, on his birthday, the king gave a feast for all his officers. In front of his officers, he released from prison the chief officer who served his wine and the chief baker.
Samson's father went down to see the Philistine woman. And Samson gave a feast, as was the custom for the bridegroom.
Samson said to them, "Let me tell you a riddle. Try to find the answer during the seven days of the feast. If you can, I will give you thirty linen shirts and thirty changes of clothes.
But one time Hannah did not go with him. She told him, "When the boy is old enough to eat solid food, I will take him to Shiloh. Then I will give him to the Lord , and he will always live there."
When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was in the house, eating like a king. He was very drunk and in a good mood. So she told him nothing until the next morning.
Abner came with twenty men to David at Hebron. There David prepared a feast for them.
After Solomon woke up from the dream, he went to Jerusalem. He stood before the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord , where he made burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. After that, he gave a feast for all his leaders and officers.
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
