Proverbs 14:2

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Those who walk uprightly fear the Lord, but one who is devious in conduct despises him.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:9

Why have you despised the word of the Lord, to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.

1 Kings 3:6

And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant my father David because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you, and you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and have given him a son to sit on his throne today.

2 Kings 17:34

To this day they continue to practice their former customs. They do not worship the Lord, and they do not follow the statutes or the ordinances or the law or the commandment that the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel.

Job 1:1

There was once a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.

Job 12:4

I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called upon God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, I am a laughingstock.

Job 28:28

And he said to humankind, ‘Truly, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

Psalm 112:1

Praise the Lord! Happy are those who fear the Lord, who greatly delight in his commandments.

Psalm 25:21

May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.

Proverbs 11:12

Whoever belittles another lacks sense, but an intelligent person remains silent.

Proverbs 16:17

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

Proverbs 16:6

By loyalty and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the Lord one avoids evil.

Proverbs 19:1

Better the poor walking in integrity than one perverse of speech who is a fool.

Proverbs 2:15

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

Proverbs 28:6

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

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments, for that is the whole duty of everyone.

Luke 10:16

“Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me, and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they ridiculed him.

Acts 10:22

They answered, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish people, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear what you have to say.”

Acts 10:35

but in every people anyone who fears him and practices righteousness is acceptable to him.

Acts 9:31

Meanwhile the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was built up. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.