8 Bible Verses about Crookedness

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Isaiah 45:2

"I will go before you, and make the mountains level. I will break the doors of brass in pieces, and cut apart the bars of iron.

Proverbs 11:3

The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

Ecclesiastes 1:15

That which is crooked can't be made straight; and that which is lacking can't be counted.

Deuteronomy 32:5

They have dealt corruptly with him. They are not his children, because of their defect. They 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 workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel.

Isaiah 59:8

The way of peace they do not know; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whoever goes therein does not know peace.

Proverbs 28:18

Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

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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 workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel.

Deuteronomy 32:5

They have dealt corruptly with him. They are not his children, because of their defect. They are a perverse and crooked generation.

Isaiah 59:8

The way of peace they do not know; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whoever goes therein does not know peace.

Crookedness » The crooked

Isaiah 40:1-4

"Comfort, comfort my people," says your God. "Speak tenderly to Jerusalem; and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins." The voice of one who calls out, "Prepare the way of the LORD in the wilderness. Make a level highway in the desert for our God. read more.
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.

Luke 3:4-6

As it is written in the scroll 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 valley will be filled. Every mountain and hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth. All flesh will see God's salvation.'"

Crookedness » Whose ways are crooked

Proverbs 2:11-15

Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you, to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things; who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; read more.
who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil; who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths:

Crookedness » Those that make crooked paths

Isaiah 59:7-8

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths. The way of peace they do not know; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whoever goes therein does not know peace.

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