Crooked (31 Occurrences)

Crooked

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Luke 3:5 Every valley will be filled. Every mountain and hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 2:40 With many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation!"
(WEB WEY ASV RSV)

Acts 13:10 and said, "Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
(See NAS RSV)

Acts 26:20 but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance. a perverse and crooked generation.
(WEB)

Philippians 2:15 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
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Deuteronomy 32:5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 5:6 In the days of Shamgar son of Anath -- In the days of Jael -- The ways have ceased, And those going in the paths go 'in' crooked ways.
(YLT)

2 Samuel 22:27 With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
(WEB JPS RSV NIV)

Job 26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
(KJV WBS)

Psalms 18:26 With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
(WEB JPS NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 101:3 I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; It shall not cleave unto me.
(See JPS)

Psalms 125:5 But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel.
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Psalms 146:9 Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
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Proverbs 2:15 who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths:
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Proverbs 4:24 Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.
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Proverbs 5:6 She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it.
(WEB NIV)

Proverbs 6:12 A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;
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Proverbs 8:8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 10:9 He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 17:20 Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.
(See NAS RSV)

Proverbs 21:8 The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.
(ASV DBY NAS RSV)

Proverbs 28:6 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.
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Proverbs 28:18 He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.
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Ecclesiastes 1:15 That which is crooked can't be made straight; and that which is lacking can't be counted.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Ecclesiastes 7:13 Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?
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Isaiah 40:4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Isaiah 42:16 I will bring the blind by a way that they don't know. I will lead them in paths that they don't know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Isaiah 45:2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
(KJV JPS WBS YLT)

Isaiah 59:8 The way of peace they don't know; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whoever goes therein does not know peace.
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Jeremiah 17:9 Crooked 'is' the heart above all things, And it 'is' incurable -- who doth know it?
(YLT)

Lamentations 3:9 He has walled up my ways with cut stone; he has made my paths crooked.
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Thesaurus

Crooked (31 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.
4. (a.) False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings. Int. ...CROOKED. ...
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Crooked-backed (1 Occurrence)
Crooked-backed. Crooked, Crooked-backed. Crookedness . Multi-Version
Concordance Crooked-backed (1 Occurrence). Leviticus ...
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Perverted (26 Occurrences)
... Philippians 2:15 that ye may be harmless and simple, irreproachable children of
God in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation; among whom ye appear as ...
/p/perverted.htm - 13k

Perverse (55 Occurrences)
... repentance. a perverse and crooked generation. (WEB). ... Proverbs 2:15 Who are crooked
in their ways, And wayward in their paths: (See JPS). Proverbs ...
/p/perverse.htm - 22k

Paths (65 Occurrences)
... Judges 5:6 In the days of Shamgar son of Anath -- In the days of Jael -- The ways
have ceased, And those going in the paths go 'in' crooked ways. (YLT NIV). ...
/p/paths.htm - 24k

Untoward (1 Occurrence)
... skolios): Appears only in Acts 2:40, the King James Version "Save yourselves from
this untoward generation." It means "perverse," "willful," "crooked," and is ...
/u/untoward.htm - 9k

Leviathan (5 Occurrences)
... 74:14). As used in Isaiah 27:1, "leviathan the piercing [RV `swift'] serpent,
even leviathan that crooked [RV marg. `winding'] serpent ...
/l/leviathan.htm - 10k

Right (4703 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a
right line. 2. (a.) Upright; erect from a base; having an ...
/r/right.htm - 14k

Rugged (7 Occurrences)
... Luke 3:5 Every ravine shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill levelled down,
the crooked places shall be turned into straight roads, and the rugged ...
/r/rugged.htm - 9k

Direct (58 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or
shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Crook.

2. (a.) Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed.

3. (a.) Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.

4. (a.) False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CROOKED

krook'-ed (`awah, `aqash, `aqalqal, `aqallathon, pethaltol; skolios): Primarily designates something that is bent, twisted or deformed (Isaiah 27:1; Isaiah 45:2 the King James Version).

Figurative:

(1) It designates a course of action that deviates from rectitude, especially deceit, guile, hypocrisy (Deuteronomy 32:5 Proverbs 2:15 Ecclesiastes 1:15 Luke 3:5; compare Philippians 2:15);

(2) trials (sent by God, Ecclesiastes 7:13 Lamentations 3:9);

(3) difficulties (removed by God, Isaiah 42:16).

SERPENT, CROOKED

krook'-ed: With reference to the constellation round the North Pole, in Job 26:13, the Revised Version (British and American) "the swift serpent," margin "fleeing"; and Isaiah 27:1, the Revised Version margin "winding." In the first part of the latter passage, the King James Version "piercing serpent" is changed in the Revised Version (British and American) to "swift serpent," margin "gliding" or "fleeing."

See ASTRONOMY, sec. II, 1.

CROOKED SERPENT

krook'-ed sur'-pent.

See ASTRONOMY.

Greek

4646. skolios -- curved, winding, hence crooked
... curved, winding, hence crooked. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: skolios
Phonetic Spelling: (skol-ee-os') Short Definition: crooked, perverse, unfair ...
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2117. euthus -- straight, straightway
... euthus Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-thoos') Short Definition: straight, immediately
Definition: adj: (a) straight of direction, as opposed to crooked, (b) upright ...
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45. agkura -- an anchor
... anchor. From the same as agkale; an "anchor" (as crooked) -- anchor. see GREEK agkale.
(ankuran) -- 1 Occurrence. (ankuras) -- 3 Occurrences. 44, 45. ...
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1294. diastrepho -- to distort, fig. misinterpret, corrupt
... misinterpret, corrupt NASB Word Usage make crooked (1), misleading (1), perverse
(1), perverse things (1), perverted (2), turn...away (1). pervert, currupt. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6128. aqalqal -- crooked
... 6127, 6128. aqalqal. 6129 . crooked. Transliteration: aqalqal Phonetic Spelling:
(ak-al-kal') Short Definition: ways. ... byway, crooked way. ...
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5791. avath -- to be bent or crooked
... avath. 5792 . to be bent or crooked. Transliteration: avath Phonetic Spelling:
(aw-vath') Short Definition: pervert. Word Origin a prim. ... bow self, make crooked ...
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2019. haphakpak -- crooked
... 2018, 2019. haphakpak. 2020 . crooked. Transliteration: haphakpak Phonetic
Spelling: (haf-ak-pak') Short Definition: crooked. Word ...
/hebrew/2019.htm - 6k

4625. maaqash -- a twisted or crooked place
... 4624, 4625. maaqash. 4626 . a twisted or crooked place. Transliteration: maaqash
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-ak-awsh') Short Definition: places. ... crooked thing. ...
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6129. aqallathon -- crooked
... aqallathon. 6130 . crooked. Transliteration: aqallathon Phonetic Spelling:
(ak-al-law-thone') Short Definition: twisted. ... crooked. From aqal; tortuous -- crooked ...
/hebrew/6129.htm - 6k

5558. seleph -- crookedness, crooked dealing
... 5557, 5558. seleph. 5559 . crookedness, crooked dealing. Transliteration: seleph
Phonetic Spelling: (seh'-lef) Short Definition: crookedness. ...
/hebrew/5558.htm - 6k

6140. aqash -- to twist
... aqash. 6141 . to twist. Transliteration: aqash Phonetic Spelling: (aw-kash') Short
Definition: crooked. Word Origin a prim. ... make crooked, prove, that is perverse ...
/hebrew/6140.htm - 6k

6141. iqqesh -- twisted, perverted
... Word Origin from aqash Definition twisted, perverted NASB Word Usage crooked (2),
crooked* (1), perverse (4), perverted (2), who is perverse (1), who has (1 ...
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6618. pethaltol -- tortuous
... 6617, 6618. pethaltol. 6619 . tortuous. Transliteration: pethaltol Phonetic
Spelling: (peth-al-tole') Short Definition: crooked. ... crooked. ...
/hebrew/6618.htm - 6k

6121. aqob -- insidious, deceitful, tracked by footprints
... insidious, deceitful, tracked by footprints. Transliteration: aqob Phonetic Spelling:
(aw-kobe') Short Definition: crooked. crooked, deceitful, polluted ...
/hebrew/6121.htm - 5k

Library

"They have Corrupted Themselves; their Spot is not the Spot of his ...
... Sermon IV. "They have corrupted themselves; their spot is not the spot of his
children; they are a perverse and crooked generation.". Deut. ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon iv they have corrupted.htm

The Blind Man's Guide
... the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have
not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the blind mans guide.htm

The Beauty of the Straight Line Might be Taken from the Region of ...
... Give me, then, a calm and quiet answer to this, whether making crooked the right
line of the region of darkness which joins on to the right line of the region ...
/.../chapter 27 name beauty of.htm

The Power of the Holy Ghost
... at once by referring to the sacred Scriptures, Job 26, 13th verse, "By his Spirit
he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent." All ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/the power of the holy.htm

Commandment Sixth. How to Recognise the Two Spirits Attendant on ...
... For the path of righteousness is straight, but that of unrighteousness is crooked.
But walk in the straight and even way, and mind not the crooked. ...
/.../the pastor books first second third/commandment sixth how to recognise.htm

To those who are Altogether Reprobate, and Unrepentant, who ...
... thee henceforward for ever; and it presently withered away." [2288] For in them
is fulfilled what was spoken by the Preacher: "That which is crooked cannot be ...
/.../peter/the writings of peter of alexandria/canon iv to those who.htm

Moral Depravity.
... I. Define the term depravity. The word is derived from the Latin de and
pravus. Pravus means "crooked." De is intensive. Depravatus ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture xxii moral depravity.htm

What Manner of Man Ought not to Come to Rule.
... And it is also immediately subjoined; If he be blind, if he be lame, if he have
either a small or a large and crooked nose, if he be brokenfooted or ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter xi what manner of.htm

Of the Good which an Attack of Temptation Brings About.
... ask for the old paths, which is the good way, and walk ye in it: and you shall find
refreshment for your souls." For to them at once "the crooked shall become ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter xxv of the good.htm

Psalm CI.
... who wisheth not anything contrary to any that God wisheth, is called straight....
If therefore the righteous heart followeth God, the crooked heart resisteth God ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm ci.htm

Subtopics

Crooked

Crooked Serpent

Related Terms

Crooked-backed (1 Occurrence)

Perverted (26 Occurrences)

Perverse (55 Occurrences)

Paths (65 Occurrences)

Untoward (1 Occurrence)

Leviathan (5 Occurrences)

Right (4703 Occurrences)

Rugged (7 Occurrences)