Proverbs 21:8
Crooked is the way of a guilty man, but, as for the pure, straight is his dealing.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 violence of the lawless, shall drag them away,—because they have refused to do justice.
9Better to dwell on the corner of the roof, than a quarrelsome wife, and a house in common.
Cross References
Genesis 6:5Then Yahweh saw that great, was the wickedness of man in the earth, and that, every purpose of the devices of his heart, was only wicked all the day;
Job 15:14What is a mortal, that he should be pure? or that righteous should be one born of a woman?
Proverbs 2:15Whose paths, are twisted, and they are tortuous in their tracks:
Proverbs 30:12A generation! Pure in its own eyes, yet, from its filth, hath it not been bathed,
Ecclesiastes 9:3This was a misfortune in all that was done under the sun, that, one destiny, had they all,—yea also, the heart of the sons of men, was full of wickedness, and, madness, was in their heart, while they lived, and, after that, [they went] unto the dead.
Isaiah 59:8the way of well-being, have they not known, And there is no justice in their tracks,—Their paths, have they made crooked for themselves, None who treadeth therein knoweth well—being.
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 →