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.
Proverbs 14:2 - New Revised Standard Version Those who walk uprightly fear the Lord, but one who is devious in conduct despises him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: But he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who walks in uprightness reverently and worshipfully fears the Lord, but he who is contrary and devious in his ways despises Him. American Standard Version (1901) He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah; But he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. Common English Bible Those who walk with integrity fear the LORD, but those who take a crooked path despise him. Catholic Public Domain Version One who walks on a virtuous journey, and who fears God, is despised by him who advances along a disreputable way. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that walketh in the right way, and feareth God, is despised by him that goeth by an infamous way. |
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And he said to humankind, ‘Truly, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”
Praise the Lord! Happy are those who fear the Lord, who greatly delight in his commandments.
Whoever belittles another lacks sense, but an intelligent person remains silent.
The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their way preserve their lives.
By loyalty and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the Lord one avoids evil.
Better the poor walking in integrity than one perverse of speech who is a fool.
Better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be crooked in one's ways even though rich.
The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for that is the whole duty of everyone.
“Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me, and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they ridiculed him.
They answered, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear what you have to say.”
but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
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.