Proverbs 21:8 - The Message Mixed motives twist life into tangles; pure motives take you straight down the road. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The way of man is froward and strange: But as for the pure, his work is right. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The way of the guilty is exceedingly crooked, but as for the pure, his work is right and his conduct is straight. American Standard Version (1901) The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right. Common English Bible The ways of some people are twisted and strange, but the behavior of those who do right is pure. Catholic Public Domain Version The perverse way of a man is foreign. But whoever is pure: his work is upright. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The perverse way of a man is strange: but as for him that is pure, his work is right. |