God saw how corrupt the earth was, for every creature had corrupted its way on the earth.
Proverbs 21:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised A guilty one’s conduct is crooked, but the behaviour of the innocent is upright. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The way of man is froward and strange: But as for the pure, his work is right. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The way of the guilty is exceedingly crooked, but as for the pure, his work is right and his conduct is straight. American Standard Version (1901) The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right. Common English Bible The ways of some people are twisted and strange, but the behavior of those who do right is pure. Catholic Public Domain Version The perverse way of a man is foreign. But whoever is pure: his work is upright. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The perverse way of a man is strange: but as for him that is pure, his work is right. |
God saw how corrupt the earth was, for every creature had corrupted its way on the earth.
The Lord detests the plans of the one who is evil, but pleasant words are pure.
Better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a nagging wife.
There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, yet is not washed from its filth.
Only see this: I have discovered that God made people upright, but they pursued many schemes.’
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: there is one fate for everyone. In addition, the hearts of people are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live; after that they go to the dead.
The path of the righteous is level; you clear a straight path for the righteous.
They have not known the path of peace, and there is no justice in their ways. They have made their roads crooked; no one who walks on them will know peace.
Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.
‘Either make the tree good and its fruit will be good, or make the tree bad and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
because you are still worldly. For since there is envy and strife , among you, are you not worldly and behaving like mere humans?
To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience are defiled.
He gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people for his own possession, eager to do good works.
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.
he saved us #– #not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy #– #through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
If you know that he is righteous, you know this as well: Everyone who does what is right has been born of him.
And everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself just as he is pure.