Proverbs 14:2

New American Bible - revised edition

Those who walk uprightly fear the Lord, but those who are devious in their ways spurn him.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:9

Why have you despised the Lord and done what is evil in his sight? You have cut down Uriah the Hittite with the sword; his wife you took as your own, and him you killed with the sword of the Ammonites.

1 Kings 3:6

Solomon answered: “You have shown great kindness to your servant, David my father, because he walked before you with fidelity, justice, and an upright heart; and you have continued this great kindness toward him today, giving him a son to sit upon his throne.

2 Kings 17:34

To this very day they continue to act according to their former customs, not venerating the Lord nor observing the statutes and regulations, the law and commandment, that the Lord enjoined on the descendants of Jacob, whom he had named Israel.

Job 1:1

In the land of Uz there was a blameless and upright man named Job, who feared God and avoided evil.

Job 12:4

I have become the sport of my neighbors: “The one whom God answers when he calls upon him, The just, the perfect man,” is a laughingstock;

Job 28:28

And to mortals he said: See: the fear of the Lord is wisdom; and avoiding evil is understanding.

Psalm 112:1

Hallelujah! Blessed the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commands.

Psalm 25:21

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; I wait for you, O Lord.

Proverbs 11:12

Whoever reviles a neighbor lacks sense, but the intelligent keep silent.

Proverbs 16:17

The path of the upright leads away from misfortune; those who attend to their way guard their lives.

Proverbs 16:6

By steadfast loyalty guilt is expiated, and by the fear of the Lord evil is avoided.

Proverbs 19:1

Better to be poor and walk in integrity than rich and crooked in one’s ways.

Proverbs 2:15

Whose ways are crooked, whose paths are devious;

Proverbs 28:6

Better to be poor and walk in integrity than rich and crooked in one’s ways.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The last word, when all is heard: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this concerns all humankind;

Luke 10:16

Whoever listens to you listens to me. Whoever rejects you rejects me. And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.” Return of the Seventy-two.

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all these things and sneered at him.

Acts 10:22

They answered, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, respected by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear what you have to say.”

Acts 10:35

Rather, in every nation whoever fears him and acts uprightly is acceptable to him.

Acts 9:31

The church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria was at peace. It was being built up and walked in the fear of the Lord, and with the consolation of the holy Spirit it grew in numbers. Peter Heals Aeneas at Lydda.