Bible verse
The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
Proverbs 21:8 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 21.
4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin.
5 The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
6 Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
8 The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
10 The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
11 When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.
12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.
KJV
The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for] the pure, his work [is] right.
ASV
The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.
ERV
The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked: but as for the pure, his work is right.
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