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Proverbs 21:8

The weiward weie of a man is alien fro God; but the werk of hym that is cleene, is riytful.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

In Context

7The raueyns of vnpitouse men schulen drawe hem doun; for thei nolden do doom.

9It is betere to sitte in the corner of an hous with oute roof, than with a womman ful of chydyng, and in a comyn hous.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:5Sotheli God seiy that myche malice of men was in erthe, and that al the thouyt of herte was ententif to yuel in al tyme,

Job 15:14What is a man, that he be with out wem, and that he borun of a womman appere iust?

Proverbs 2:15whose weies ben weywerd, and her goyingis ben of yuel fame.

Proverbs 30:12A generacioun that semeth cleene to it silf, and netheles is not waischun fro hise filthis.

Ecclesiastes 9:3This thing is the worste among alle thingis, that ben don vndur the sunne, that the same thingis bifallen to alle men; wherfor and the hertis of the sones of men ben fillid with malice and dispisyng in her lijf; and aftir these thingis thei schulen be led doun to hellis.

Isaiah 59:8Thei knewen not the weie of pees, and doom is not in the goyngis of hem; the pathis of hem ben bowid to hem; ech that tredith in tho, knowith not pees.

This Verse In Other Editions

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