Proverbs 21:8

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Proverbs 21:8

A guilty man’s conduct is crooked,
but the behavior of the innocent is upright.

Proverbs 2:15

whose paths are crooked,
and whose ways are devious.

Genesis 6:5-6

When the Lord saw that man’s wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time,

Genesis 6:12

God saw how corrupt the earth was, for every creature had corrupted its way on the earth.

Job 15:14-16

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

Psalm 14:2-3

The Lord looks down from heaven on the human race
to see if there is one who is wise,
one who seeks God.

Proverbs 15:26

The Lord detests the plans of an evil man,
but pleasant words are pure.

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes,
yet is not washed from its filth.

Ecclesiastes 7:29

Only see this: I have discovered that God made people upright, but they pursued many schemes.”

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: there is one fate for everyone. In addition, the hearts of people are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live—after that they go to the dead.

Daniel 12:10

Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; none of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.

Matthew 5:8

The pure in heart are blessed,
for they will see God.

Matthew 12:33

“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.

Acts 15:9

He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

1 Corinthians 3:3

because you are still fleshly. For since there is envy and strife among you, are you not fleshly and living like unbelievers?

Ephesians 2:2-3

in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens, the spirit now working in the disobedient.

Titus 1:15

To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience are defiled.

Titus 2:14

He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for Himself a people for His own possession, eager to do good works.

Titus 3:3

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.

Titus 3:5

He saved us—
not by works of righteousness that we had done,
but according to His mercy,
through the washing of regeneration
and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

1 Peter 1:22-23

By obedience to the truth, having purified yourselves for sincere love of the brothers, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

1 John 2:29

If you know that He is righteous, you know this as well: Everyone who does what is right has been born of Him.

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1 John 3:3

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

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Summary

Proverbs 21:8

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

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General references

Proverbs 20:11

Isaiah 55:8

Bible References

Way

When the Lord saw that man’s wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time,

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

The Lord looks down from heaven on the human race
to see if there is one who is wise,
one who seeks God.

Only see this: I have discovered that God made people upright, but they pursued many schemes.”

because you are still fleshly. For since there is envy and strife

among you, are you not fleshly and living like unbelievers?

in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens,

the spirit now working in the disobedient.