Proverbs 21:8
6 Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
10 The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Skyldtynget manns vei er kroket, men den renes ferd er ærlig.
- OTB
- Den skyldiges sti er vridd, men de rene handlinger er rett frem.
- B1930
- Skyldtynget manns vei er kroket, men den renes ferd er ærlig.
- BSB
- The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
- KJV
- The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
- WEB
- The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
- ASV
- The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.
- DARBY
- Very crooked is the way of a guilty man; but as for the pure, his work is upright.
- BLB
- The way of a guilty man [is] crooked, and [for] a pure one, his work [is] straight.
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Kryssreferanser
1 John 3:3
And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.
Les i sammenhengDaniel 12:10
Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.
Les i sammenheng1 Peter 1:22–23
Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 2:15
whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
Les i sammenheng1 Corinthians 3:3
for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
Les i sammenhengPsalms 14:2–3
The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
Les i sammenheng1 John 2:29
If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
Les i sammenhengEcclesiastes 7:29
Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
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