English Standard Version
Proverbs 21:8
8The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The way of a guilty man is perverse; But as for the pure, his work is right.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The guilty walk a crooked path; the innocent travel a straight road.
Context of Proverbs 21:8
6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death. 7The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just. The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright. 9It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife. 10The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
Read all of Proverbs 21Proverbs 21:8 word by word
הֲפַכְפַּ֬ךְ דֶּ֣רֶךְ אִ֣ישׁ וָזָ֑ר וְ֝זַ֗ךְ יָשָׁ֥ר פָּעֳלֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 21:8
- Genesis 6:5The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Job 15:14What is man, that he can be pure? Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
- Psalms 14:2The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.
- Ecclesiastes 7:29See, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.
- Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
- 1 Corinthians 3:3for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?
- Ephesians 2:2in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—
- Proverbs 15:26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord, but gracious words are pure.
- Proverbs 30:12There are those who are clean in their own eyes but are not washed of their filth.
- Daniel 12:10Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.
- Matthew 5:8"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
- Matthew 12:33"Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.
- Acts 15:9and he made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith.
- 1 Peter 1:22Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
- 1 John 2:29If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
- 1 John 3:3And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself 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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