With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
Parallel translations
- KJV With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
- BSB to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
- ESV with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
- NKJV With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
- NASB With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.
- NLT To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Prov 3:34Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.
- Lev 26:23–24“‘If by these things you won’t be reformed to me, but will walk contrary to me;
- Jas 2:13For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Lev 26:27–28“‘If you in spite of this won’t listen to me, but walk contrary to me;
- Ps 109:17–19Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
- Rom 2:4–6Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
- Rom 2:9oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
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