Proverbs 21:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

All crooks are liars, but anyone who is innocent will do right.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:26

The LORD hates evil thoughts, but kind words please him.

Proverbs 2:15

They are dishonest themselves, and all they do is crooked.

Proverbs 21:9

It's better to stay outside on the roof of your house than to live inside with a nagging wife.

Proverbs 30:12

others think they are perfect, but they are stained by sin.

Ecclesiastes 7:29

I did learn one thing: we were completely honest when God created us, but now we have twisted minds.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

It's terribly unfair for the same thing to happen to each of us. We are mean and foolish while we live, and then we die.

Isaiah 26:7

Our LORD, you always do right, and you make the path smooth for those who obey you.

Isaiah 59:8

You don't know how to live in peace or to be fair with others. The roads you make are crooked; your followers cannot find peace.

Daniel 12:10

Many people will have their hearts and lives made pure and clean, but those who are evil will keep on being evil and never understand. Only the wise will understand.

Matthew 12:33

A good tree produces only good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. You can tell what a tree is like by the fruit it produces.

Matthew 5:8

God blesses those people whose hearts are pure. They will see him!

Acts 15:9

God treated them in the same way that he treated us. They put their faith in him, and he made their hearts pure.

1 Corinthians 3:3

because you are not yet spiritual. You are jealous and argue with each other. This proves that you are not spiritual and that you are acting like the people of this world.

Titus 1:15

Everything is pure for someone whose heart is pure. But nothing is pure for an unbeliever with a dirty mind. That person's mind and conscience are destroyed.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself to rescue us from everything that is evil and to make our hearts pure. He wanted us to be his own people and to be eager to do right.

Titus 3:3

We used to be stupid, disobedient, and foolish, as well as slaves of all sorts of desires and pleasures. We were evil and jealous. Everyone hated us, and we hated everyone.

Titus 3:5

He saved us because of his mercy, and not because of any good things that we have done. God washed us by the power of the Holy Spirit. He gave us new birth and a fresh beginning.

1 John 2:29

You know that Christ always does right and that everyone who does right is a child of God.

1 John 3:3

This hope makes us keep ourselves holy, just as Christ is holy.