Bible Verses about 'Perverse'
| A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends. | A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. |
| Put away from you a deceitful mouth, And put perverse lips far from you. | Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. |
| The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, But the mouth of the wicked what is perverse. | The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse. |
| The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate. | The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate. |
| Do not envy the oppressor, And choose none of his ways; For the perverse person is an abomination to the Lord, But His secret counsel is with the upright. | Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways, for the devious person is an abomination to the Lord, but the upright are in his confidence. |
| A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, But perverseness in it breaks the spirit. | A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. |
| Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast the word of life. | Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life. |
| He who walks with integrity walks securely, But he who perverts his ways will become known. | Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out. |
| The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings. | The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.” |
| The integrity of the upright will guide them, But the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them. | The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them. |
| We have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments. | We have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. |
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