Proverbs 14:2

WEB

²He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

KJV

²He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

BSB

²He who walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is devious in his ways despises Him.

FBV

²Those who live right respect the Lord, but those who live dishonestly despise him.

Extra References

2 Timothy 3:2-3

²For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, ³without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, not lovers of good,

Acts 10:35

³⁵but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.

Proverbs 28:6

⁶Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

Job 28:28

²⁸To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord,^[+] that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”

Psalms 112:1

¹Praise the LORD!Blessed ^[+] is the man who fears the LORD,^[+] who delights greatly in his commandments.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

¹³This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

Psalms 25:21

²¹Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.

Romans 2:4-5

⁴Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? ⁵But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God,

Acts 9:31

³¹So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

Luke 10:16

¹⁶^[+] Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”