Proverbs 21:8
The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
BSB
ASV
The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.
KJV
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
The perverse way of a man is foreign, etc. To live justly before the Lord is proper to the human condition. Hence elsewhere it is said, "Fear God, and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man" (Ecclesiasticus 12). But he who …
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1 John 3:3And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.
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Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.
Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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Daniel 12:10Many 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.
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Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”
Some of the wise will fall, so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.
Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in…
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1 Corinthians 3:3for 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?
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For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.