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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- 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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 John 3:3
And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.
Read in contextDaniel 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.
Read in context1 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.
Read in contextProverbs 2:15
whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
Read in context1 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?
Read in contextPsalms 14:2–3
The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
Read in context1 John 2:29
If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 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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