The way of [a]a guilty man is perverse;
But as for the pure, his work is right.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:8 Or The way of a man is perverse and strange;

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

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12 The righteous God wisely considers the house of the wicked,
Overthrowing the wicked for their wickedness.

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12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked, how God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

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15 It is a joy for the just to do justice,
But destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.

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15 It is a joy to the just to do judgment, but destruction shall come to the workers of iniquity.

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18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous,
And the unfaithful for the upright.

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18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

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21 (A)He who follows righteousness and mercy
Finds life, righteousness, and honor.

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21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness and honor.

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29 A wicked man hardens his face,
But as for the upright, he [a]establishes his way.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:29 Qr., LXX understands

29 A wicked man hardeneth his face, but as for the upright, he considereth his ways.

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