Proverbs 11:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.”
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“The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 11:5 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
- Esther 7:3Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.
- Job 18:7His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
- Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
- Proverbs 1:18But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
- Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- Proverbs 3:6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
- Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
- Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
- Proverbs 13:6Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.
- Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
- Proverbs 15:19The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
- Proverbs 28:18He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.
- Isaiah 26:7The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.
- Hosea 5:5Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.
- Matthew 27:4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”
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