God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 21:8
8The way of a guilty person is crooked, but the behavior of those who are pure is moral.
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
6Those who gather wealth by lying are wasting time. They are looking for death. 7The violence of wicked people will drag them away since they refuse to do what is just. The way of a guilty person is crooked, but the behavior of those who are pure is moral. 9Better to live on a corner of a roof than to share a home with a quarreling woman. 10The mind of a wicked person desires evil and has no consideration for his neighbor.
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 how evil humans had become on the earth. All day long their deepest thoughts were nothing but evil.
- Job 15:14Why should a mortal be considered faultless or someone born of a woman be considered righteous?
- Psalms 14:2The Lord looks down from heaven on Adam’s descendants to see if there is anyone who acts wisely, if there is anyone who seeks help from God.
- Ecclesiastes 7:29I have found only this: God made people decent, but they looked for many ways ⌞to avoid being decent⌟.”
- Ecclesiastes 9:3This is the tragedy of everything that happens under the sun: Everyone shares the same destiny. Moreover, the hearts of mortals are full of evil. Madness is in their hearts while they are still alive. After that, they join the dead.
- 1 Corinthians 3:3because you’re still influenced by your corrupt nature. When you are jealous and quarrel among yourselves, aren’t you influenced by your corrupt nature and living by human standards?
- Ephesians 2:2You followed the ways of this present world and its spiritual ruler. This ruler continues to work in people who refuse to obey God.
- Proverbs 15:26The thoughts of evil people are disgusting to the Lord, but pleasant words are pure to him.
- Proverbs 30:12A certain kind of person thinks he is pure but is not washed from his own feces.
- Daniel 12:10Many will be purified, made white, and refined. But wicked people will do wicked things, and none of them will understand. Only wise people will understand.
- Matthew 5:8Blessed are those whose thoughts are pure. They will see God.
- Matthew 12:33“Make a tree good, and then its fruit will be good. Or make a tree rotten, and then its fruit will be rotten. A person can recognize a tree by its fruit.
- Acts 15:9God doesn’t discriminate between Jewish and non-Jewish people. He has cleansed non-Jewish people through faith as he has cleansed us Jews.
- 1 Peter 1:22Love each other with a warm love that comes from the heart. After all, you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth. As a result you have a sincere love for each other.
- 1 John 2:29If you know that Christ has God’s approval, you also know that everyone who does what God approves of has been born from God.
- 1 John 3:3So all people who have this confidence in Christ keep themselves pure, as Christ 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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