Proverbs 14:2

New International Version

Whoever fears the Lord walks uprightly, but those who despise him are devious in their ways.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:9

Why did you despise the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.

1 Kings 3:6

Solomon answered, “You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this very day.

2 Kings 17:34

To this day they persist in their former practices. They neither worship the Lord nor adhere to the decrees and regulations, the laws and commands that the Lord gave the descendants of Jacob, whom he named Israel.

Job 1:1

In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.

Job 12:4

“I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God and he answered— a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!

Job 28:28

And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.”

Psalm 112:1

Praise the Lord. Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who find great delight in his commands.

Psalm 25:21

May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you.

Proverbs 11:12

Whoever derides their neighbor has no sense, but the one who has understanding holds their tongue.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.

Proverbs 16:6

Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through the fear of the Lord evil is avoided.

Proverbs 19:1

Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.

Proverbs 2:15

whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.

Proverbs 28:6

Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.

Luke 10:16

“Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.

Acts 10:22

The men replied, “We have come from Cornelius the centurion. He is a righteous and God-fearing man, who is respected by all the Jewish people. A holy angel told him to ask you to come to his house so that he could hear what you have to say.”

Acts 10:35

but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.

Acts 9:31

Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.