Proverbs 21:8

New International Version

The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

Cross References

Genesis 6:12

God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.

Proverbs 15:26

The Lord detests the thoughts of the wicked, but gracious words are pure in his sight.

Proverbs 2:15

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

Proverbs 21:9

Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

Proverbs 30:12

those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth;

Ecclesiastes 7:29

This only have I found: God created mankind upright, but they have gone in search of many schemes.”

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead.

Isaiah 26:7

The path of the righteous is level; you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth.

Isaiah 59:8

The way of peace they do not know; there is no justice in their paths. They have turned them into crooked roads; no one who walks along them will know peace.

Daniel 12:10

Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.

Matthew 12:33

“Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.

Matthew 5:8

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

Acts 15:9

He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith.

1 Corinthians 3:3

You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans?

Titus 1:15

To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.

Titus 2:14

who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

Titus 3:3

At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

Titus 3:5

he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,

1 John 2:29

If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.

1 John 3:3

All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.