Proverbs 14:2

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Summary

Proverbs 14:2

He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

That walketh

But

2 Timothy 3:2

Bible References

That walketh

The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

Solomon replied, "You demonstrated great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was pure and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.

And he said to mankind, 'The fear of the Lord -- that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"

May integrity and godliness protect me, for I rely on you!

Praise the Lord! How blessed is the one who obeys the Lord, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.

Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.

"My covenant with him was designed to bring life and peace. I gave its statutes to him to fill him with awe, and he indeed revered me and stood in awe before me.

Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers.

They said, "Cornelius the centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message from you."

But

The one who denounces his neighbor lacks wisdom, but the one who has discernment keeps silent.

I am a laughingstock to my friends, I, who called on God and whom he answered -- a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!

Show us favor, O Lord, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some.

"The one who listens to you listens to me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects the one who sent me."

The Pharisees (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.

Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know that God's kindness leads you to repentance?

For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,