Proverbs 21:8

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is right.

Cross References

Genesis 6:12

And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.

Proverbs 15:26

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord, the words of the pure are pleasing to him.

Proverbs 2:15

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

Proverbs 21:9

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

Proverbs 30:12

There are those who are pure in their own eyes but are not cleansed of their filth.

Ecclesiastes 7:29

Behold, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that one fate comes to all; also the hearts of men are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Isaiah 26:7

The way of the righteous is level; thou dost make smooth the path of the righteous.

Isaiah 59:8

The way of peace they know not, and there is no justice in their paths; they have made their roads crooked, no one who goes in them knows peace.

Daniel 12:10

Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but those who are wise shall understand.

Matthew 12:33

“Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit.

Matthew 5:8

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

Acts 15:9

and he made no distinction between us and them, but cleansed their hearts by faith.

1 Corinthians 3:3

for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving like ordinary men?

Titus 1:15

To the pure all things are pure, but to the corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure; their very minds and consciences are corrupted.

Titus 2:14

who gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity and to purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by men and hating one another;

Titus 3:5

he saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit,

1 John 2:29

If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that every one who does right is born of him.

1 John 3:3

And every one who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.