Proverbs 21:8 · KJV
“The way of man {is} froward and strange: but {as for} the pure, his work {is} right.”
— Proverbs 21:8
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. {destroy...: Heb. saw them, or, dwell with them}
{It is} better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. {a brawling...: Heb. a woman of contentions} {a wide...: Heb. an house of society}
Proverbs 21 — Context
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue {is} a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. {destroy...: Heb. saw them, or, dwell with them}
8The way of man {is} froward and strange: but {as for} the pure, his work {is} right.
9{It is} better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. {a brawling...: Heb. a woman of contentions} {a wide...: Heb. an house of society}
10The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. {findeth...: Heb. is not favoured}
Cross References
1 John 3:3
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
1 John 2:29
If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him. {ye know that every: or, know ye etc.} {is born: Gr. has been born}
Daniel 12:10
Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
Psalms 14:2-3
The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, {and} seek God.
1 Corinthians 3:3
For ye are yet carnal: for whereas {there is} among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? {divisions: or, factions} {as men: Gr. according to man?}
Proverbs 2:15
Whose ways {are} crooked, and {they} froward in their paths:
Proverbs 30:12
{There is} a generation {that are} pure in their own eyes, and {yet} is not washed from their filthiness.
Job 15:14-16
What {is} man, that he should be clean? and {he which is} born of a woman, that he should be righteous?