Proverbs 21:8
The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
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Genesis 6:5, 6, 12
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time. . . .

Job 15:14-16
What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous? . . .

Psalm 14:2, 3
The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God. . . .

Ecclesiastes 7:29
Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes."

Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.

1 Corinthians 3:3
for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?

Ephesians 2:2, 3
in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience. . . .

Titus 3:3
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

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Proverbs 15:26
The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.

Proverbs 30:12
There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.

Daniel 12:10
Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.

Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

Matthew 12:33
Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.

Acts 15:9
He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.

Titus 1:15
To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

Titus 2:14
He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

Titus 3:5
He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

1 Peter 1:22, 23
Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart. . . .

1 John 2:29
If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.

1 John 3:3
And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The way of a guilty man is crooked, But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A guilty man's conduct is crooked, but the behavior of the innocent is upright.

International Standard Version
The conduct of a guilty man is perverse, but the behavior of the pure is upright.

NET Bible
The way of the guilty person is devious, but as for the pure, his way is upright.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He that perverts his way is a strange man, and the works of the pure one are right.
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