Proverbs 21:8
The way of the guilty man is crooked; But he that is pure, his doings are right.
Noyes Bible
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 rapine of the wicked shall snatch them away, Because they refuse to do justice.
9Better is it to dwell in a corner of the housetop Than with a brawling woman in a large house.
Cross References
Job 15:14What is man, that he should be pure, And he that is born of woman, that he should be innocent?
Proverbs 2:15Whose paths are crooked, And who are froward in their ways.
Proverbs 30:12There is a class who are pure in their own eyes, And yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil among all things which take place under the sun, that there is one event to all; therefore also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and afterward they go down to the dead.
Isaiah 59:8The way of peace they know not, Nor is there any justice in their steps; They have made for themselves crooked paths; Whoso goeth in them knoweth not 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 →