Proverbs 21:8
Guilty people live crooked lives, but the innocent follow straight paths.
Free Bible Version
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 destruction caused by the wicked will destroy them, for they refuse to do what's right.
Cross References
Genesis 6:5The Lord saw how terribly evil people on earth had become—every single thought in their minds was evil all the time!
Job 15:14Who can say they are clean? Which human being can say that they do what is right?
Proverbs 2:15They live crooked lives doing deceitful things.
Proverbs 30:12There are some who see themselves as pure but they're still filthy—they have not been washed.
Ecclesiastes 9:3This is just so wrong—that everyone here on earth should suffer the same fate! On top of that, people's minds are filled with evil. They spend their lives thinking about stupid things, and then they die.
Isaiah 59:8They don't know how to live in peace; they're not straight and fair with others. Their way is totally crooked, and anyone who follows them won't experience any peace.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:8
7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. See here, 1. The nature of injustice. Getting money by lying ( v. 6 ) is no better than downright robbery. Cheating is stealing; you might as well pick a man's pocket as impose upon him by a lie in making a bargain, which he had no fence against but by not believing you; and it will be no excuse from the guilt of robbery to say that he might choose whether he would believe you, for that is a debt we should owe to all men. 2. The… Read the whole commentary →