Proverbs 28:6 directly echoes the same contrast: better to walk uprightly than to be perverse, even if poor.

Proverbs 16:17 says the upright depart from evil — reinforces the same contrast between walking uprightly and being perverse.

Proverbs 20:7 adds that the upright walk brings blessings on children, expanding the consequences of fearing God.

In Job 1:1, Job is described as blameless, upright, and fearing God — the exact character of the upright walker in Proverbs 14:2.

Romans 2:5 describes a hard impenitent heart storing up wrath — directly parallels the fate of the devious who despise God.

In Acts 10:35, God accepts those from any nation who fear Him and do what is right — directly linking fear of the Lord with upright action, as in Proverbs 14:2.

In Acts 10:22, Cornelius is described as upright and God-fearing — an exact match for the character traits paired in Proverbs 14:2.

Luke 16:14 shows Pharisees loving money and ridiculing Jesus — a concrete example of the devious who despise God.

Luke 10:16 directly links rejecting Christ to rejecting the Father — parallels the devious who despise God in Proverbs.

In Malachi 2:6, Levi walked with God in peace and uprightness — the same language of walking uprightly that Proverbs 14:2 associates with fearing the Lord.

In Psalm 112:1, the blessed person fears the Lord and delights in His commands — a direct parallel to the fear of the Lord that motivates upright living.

Micah 2:7 affirms that God's words do good to those who walk uprightly, reinforcing the blessing for the upright.

Job 2:3 describes Job as blameless, upright, and fearing God—a concrete example of the righteous walker in Proverbs 14:2.

In Ecclesiastes 12:13, fearing God and keeping His commandments is the whole duty of man — reinforcing the central place of fear in a life of uprightness.

In Acts 9:31, the early church lived in the fear of the Lord — a communal embodiment of the personal fear that Proverbs 14:2 links to uprightness.

In Job 28:28, the fear of the Lord is equated with wisdom and shunning evil — a thematic echo of the fear that undergirds uprightness here.

Romans 2:4 highlights God's kindness meant to lead to repentance — those who despise God ignore it, showing contrast between deviousness and repentance.

1 Kings 3:6 describes David walking before God in uprightness — exemplifying the fear of the Lord mentioned in Proverbs 14:2.

In Malachi 2:5, God’s covenant with Levi was one of fear, and Levi feared God — echoing the fear of the Lord that characterizes the upright in Proverbs.

In Psalm 25:21, the psalmist prays that integrity and uprightness may protect him, linking uprightness with trust in God — akin to fearing the Lord.