Cross references

Proverbs 21:8

The way of a guilty man is crooked,

but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

Proverbs 21:8 BSB

Proverbs 21:8 has 22 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 John 3:3 (4 votes) and Psalm 14:2–3 (3 votes). 5 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Genesis 6 to 1 John 3.

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Which verses does Proverbs 21:8 point to?

The 20 strongest of 22, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. 1 John 3:34 votes

    And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.

  2. The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God. All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.

  3. whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.

  4. 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.

  5. 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?

  6. 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. For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

  7. If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

  8. 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. And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

  9. And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.

  10. What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous? If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes, …

  11. There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.

  12. Acts 15:92 votes
  13. Titus 1:152 votes
  14. Titus 2:142 votes

Which verses point to Proverbs 21:8?

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