Proverbs 14:2

Catholic Public Domain Version

One who walks on a virtuous journey, and who fears God, is despised by him who advances along a disreputable way.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:9

Therefore, why have you despised the word of the Lord, so that you did evil in my sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword. And you have taken his wife as a wife for yourself. And you have put him to death with the sword of the sons of Ammon.

1 Kings 3:6

And Solomon said: "You have shown great mercy to your servant David, my father, because he walked in your sight in truth and justice, and with an upright heart before you. And you have kept your great mercy for him, and you have given him a son sitting upon his throne, just as it is this day.

2 Kings 17:34

Even to the present day, they follow the ancient customs; they do not fear the Lord, and they do not keep his ceremonies, and judgments, and law, and commandment, which the Lord had instructed to the sons of Jacob, whom he named Israel.

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz named Job, and he was a simple and honest man, fearing God and withdrawing from evil.

Job 12:4

He who is mocked by his friends as I am, will call upon God, and he will listen to him because it is the sincerity of the just that is being mocked.

Job 28:28

And he said to man, "Behold the fear of the Lord. Such is wisdom. And to withdraw from evil, this is understanding."

Psalm 112:1

Alleluia. Praise the Lord, children. Praise the name of the Lord.

Proverbs 11:12

Whoever despises his friend is destitute in heart. But the prudent man will remain silent.

Proverbs 16:17

The path of the just turns away from evils. He who guards his soul preserves his way.

Proverbs 16:6

By mercy and truth, iniquity is redeemed. And by the fear of the Lord, one turns away from evil.

Proverbs 19:1

Better is the poor who walks in his simplicity, than the rich who twists his lips and is unwise.

Proverbs 2:15

Their ways are perverse, and their steps are infamous.

Proverbs 28:6

Better is the pauper walking in his simplicity, than the rich walking in ways of depravity.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Let us all listen together to the end of the discourse. Fear God, and observe his commandments. This is everything for man.

Luke 10:16

Whoever hears you, hears me. And whoever despises you, despises me. And whoever despises me, despises him who sent me."

Luke 16:14

But the Pharisees, who were greedy, were listening to all these things. And they ridiculed him.

Acts 10:22

And they said: "Cornelius, a centurion, a just and God-fearing man, who has good testimony from the entire nation of the Jews, received a message from a holy Angel to summon you to his house and to listen to words from you."

Acts 10:35

But within every nation, whoever fears him and works justice is acceptable to him.

Acts 9:31

Certainly, the Church had peace throughout all of Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and it was being built up, while walking in the fear of the Lord, and it was being filled with the consolation of the Holy Spirit.