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Proverbs 14:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Whoever lives with integrity fears the  Lord, but the one who is devious in his ways despises him.

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but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.


Better the poor person who lives with integrity than the rich one who distorts right and wrong.  ,


He said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord #– #that is wisdom. And to turn from evil is understanding.’


So the church  throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.


When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: fear God  and keep his commands, because this is for all  humanity.


They said, ‘Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who has a good reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was divinely instructed by a holy angel to call you to his house and to hear a message from you.’


The Pharisees, who were lovers of money,  were listening to all these things and scoffing  at him.


Whoever listens to you listens to me.   Whoever rejects you rejects me.   And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.’


Better a poor person who lives with integrity than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.


The road of the upright  avoids evil; the one who guards his way protects his life.


Whoever shows contempt for his neighbour lacks sense, but a person with understanding keeps silent.


whose paths are crooked, and whose ways are devious.


There was a man in the country of Uz  named Job.  He was a man of complete integrity,  who feared God and turned away from evil.


And Solomon replied, ‘You have shown great and faithful love to your servant, my father David, because he walked before you in faithfulness, righteousness, and integrity.  You have continued this great and faithful love for him by giving him a son to sit on his throne,  as it is today.


I am a laughing-stock to my   friends, by calling on God, who answers me. The righteous and blameless man is a laughing-stock.


Why then have you despised the Lord’s command by doing what I consider  evil?  You struck down Uriah  the Hethite with the sword and took his wife as your own wife #– #you murdered him with the Ammonite’s sword.


They are still observing the former practices to this day. None of them fear the Lord or observe the statutes and ordinances, the law and commandments that the Lord had commanded the descendants of Jacob, whom he had given the name Israel.


Iniquity is atoned for by loyalty and faithfulness, and one turns from evil by the fear of the  Lord.





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