8 Bible Verses about Crookedness
Most Relevant Verses
“I will go before you
and level the uneven places;
I will shatter the bronze doors
and cut the iron bars in two.
The integrity of the upright guides them,
but the perversity of the treacherous destroys them.
What is crooked cannot be straightened;
what is lacking cannot be counted.
His people have acted corruptly toward Him;
this is their defect—they are not His children
but a devious and crooked generation.
But as for those who turn aside to crooked ways,
the Lord will banish them with the evildoers.
Peace be with Israel.
whose paths are crooked,
and whose ways are devious.
They have not known the path of peace,
and there is no justice in their ways.
They have made their roads crooked;
no one who walks on them will know peace.
The one who lives with integrity will be helped,
but one who distorts right and wrong
will suddenly fall.
From Thematic Bible
Crookedness » Crookedness, general references to
the Lord will banish them with the evildoers.
this is their defect
but a devious and crooked generation.
and whose ways are devious.
and there is no justice in their ways.
They have made their roads crooked;
no one who walks on them will know peace.
Crookedness » The crooked
"Comfort, comfort My people," says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and announce to her that her time of servitude is over, her iniquity has been pardoned, and she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins. A voice of one crying out: Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert. read more.
Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill will be leveled; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rough places a plain.
as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah: A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: "Prepare the way for the Lord; make His paths straight! Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be made low; the crooked will become straight, the rough ways smooth, and everyone will see the salvation of God."
Crookedness » Whose ways are crooked
Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you, rescuing you from the way of evil- from the one who says perverse things, [from] those who abandon the right paths to walk in ways of darkness, read more.
[from] those who enjoy doing evil and celebrate perversity, whose paths are crooked, and whose ways are devious.
Crookedness » Those that make crooked paths
Their feet run after evil, and they rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and wretchedness are in their paths. They have not known the path of peace, and there is no justice in their ways. They have made their roads crooked; no one who walks on them will know peace.
