Proverbs 21:8

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Proverbs 21:8

The way of a guilty man is crooked,
But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.

Proverbs 2:15

Whose paths are crooked,
And who are devious in their ways;

Genesis 6:5-6

Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 6:12

God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.

Job 15:14-16

“What is man, that he should be pure,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Psalm 14:2-3

The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there are any who understand,
Who seek after God.

Proverbs 15:26

Evil plans are an abomination to the Lord,
But pleasant words are pure.

Proverbs 30:12

There is a kind who is pure in his own eyes,
Yet is not washed from his filthiness.

Ecclesiastes 7:29

Behold, I have found only this, that God made men upright, but they have sought out many devices.”

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one fate for all men. Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead.

Daniel 12:10

Many will be purged, purified and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.

Matthew 5:8

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Matthew 12:33

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

Acts 15:9

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

1 Corinthians 3:3

for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?

Ephesians 2:2-3

in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.

Titus 1:15

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

Titus 2:14

who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

Titus 3:3

For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

Titus 3:5

He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

1 Peter 1:22-23

Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart,

1 John 2:29

If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of Him.

1 John 3:3

And everyone who has this hope fixed on 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.

Way

But

General references

Proverbs 20:11

Isaiah 55:8

Bible References

Way

Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

“What is man, that he should be pure,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there are any who

understand,

Who seek after God.

Behold, I have found only this, that God made men upright, but they have sought out many devices.”

for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking

like mere men?

in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.

For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

But

Evil plans are an abomination to the Lord,
But pleasant words are pure.

There is a kind who is pure in his own eyes,
Yet is not washed from his filthiness.

Many will be purged, purified and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

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

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

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

who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a

sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart,

If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of Him.

And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

General references

It is by his deeds that a lad

distinguishes himself

If his conduct is pure and right.

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.