American Standard Version
Proverbs 21:8
8The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked;But as for the pure, his work is right.
Proverbs 21:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
- New International Version (NIV)The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The way of a guilty man is perverse; But as for the pure, his work is right.
Context of Proverbs 21:8
6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death. 7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice. The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right. 9It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house. 10The soul of the wicked desireth evil: His neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.
Read all of Proverbs 21Proverbs 21:8 word by word
הֲפַכְפַּ֬ךְ דֶּ֣רֶךְ אִ֣ישׁ וָזָ֑ר וְ֝זַ֗ךְ יָשָׁ֥ר פָּעֳלֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 21:8
- Genesis 6:5And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Job 15:14What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
- Psalms 14:2Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.
- Ecclesiastes 7:29Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
- Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
- 1 Corinthians 3:3for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men?
- Ephesians 2:2wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;
- Proverbs 15:26Evil devices are an abomination to Jehovah; But pleasant wordsarepure.
- Proverbs 30:12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, Andyetare not washed from their filthiness.
- Daniel 12:10Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but they that are wise shall understand.
- Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
- Matthew 12:33Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.
- Acts 15:9and he made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
- 1 Peter 1:22Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:
- 1 John 2:29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.
- 1 John 3:3And every one that hath this hope set on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
Commentaries on Proverbs 21:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Or, “Perverse is the way of a sin burdened man.”Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8Verse 8 The way of mankind by nature is froward and strange.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The path of foolishness leads to death, while the road of wisdom leads to life.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. of man--any one; his way is opposed to truth, and also estranged from it. The pure proves himself such by his right conduct.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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