8 Bible Verses about Crookedness

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Isaiah 45:2

“I will go before you and make the rough places smooth;
I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars.

Proverbs 11:3

The integrity of the upright will guide them,
But the crookedness of the treacherous will destroy them.

Ecclesiastes 1:15

What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is lacking cannot be counted.

Deuteronomy 32:5

“They have acted corruptly toward Him,
They are not His children, because of their defect;
But are a perverse and crooked generation.

Psalm 125:5

But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways,
The Lord will lead them away with the doers of iniquity.
Peace be upon Israel.

Isaiah 59:8

They do not know the way of peace,
And there is no justice in their tracks;
They have made their paths crooked,
Whoever treads on them does not know peace.

Proverbs 28:18

He who walks blamelessly will be delivered,
But he who is crooked will fall all at once.

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Crookedness » Crookedness, general references to

Psalm 125:5

But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways,
The Lord will lead them away with the doers of iniquity.
Peace be upon Israel.

Deuteronomy 32:5

They have acted corruptly toward Him,
They are not His children, because of their defect;
But are a perverse and crooked generation.

Isaiah 59:8

They do not know the way of peace,
And there is no justice in their tracks;
They have made their paths crooked,
Whoever treads on them does not know peace.

Crookedness » The crooked

Isaiah 40:1-4

"Comfort, O comfort My people," says your God. "Speak kindly to Jerusalem; And call out to her, that her warfare has ended, That her iniquity has been removed, That she has received of the LORD'S hand Double for all her sins." A voice is calling, "Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God. read more.
"Let every valley be lifted up, And every mountain and hill be made low; And let the rough ground become a plain, And the rugged terrain a broad valley;

Luke 3:4-6

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, 'MAKE READY THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT. 'EVERY RAVINE WILL BE FILLED, AND EVERY MOUNTAIN AND HILL WILL BE BROUGHT LOW; THE CROOKED WILL BECOME STRAIGHT, AND THE ROUGH ROADS SMOOTH; AND ALL FLESH WILL SEE THE SALVATION OF GOD.'"

Crookedness » Whose ways are crooked

Proverbs 2:11-15

Discretion will guard you, Understanding will watch over you, To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things; From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness; read more.
Who delight in doing evil And rejoice in the perversity of evil; Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their ways;

Crookedness » Those that make crooked paths

Isaiah 59:7-8

Their feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Devastation and destruction are in their highways. They do not know the way of peace, And there is no justice in their tracks; They have made their paths crooked, Whoever treads on them does not know peace.

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