King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
¶ The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Complete Jewish Bible:
The righteousness of the innocent levels their way, but wickedness of the wicked makes them fall.
Berean Standard Bible:
The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
American Standard Version:
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
The righteousness{H6666} of the perfect{H8549} shall direct{H3474} his way{H1870}: but the wicked{H7563} shall fall{H5307} by his own wickedness{H7564}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Proverbs 5:22
- His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Psalms 9:15
- The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Psalms 9:16
- The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Proverbs 1:31
- Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Proverbs 1:32
- For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Proverbs 11:3
- ¶ The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Matthew 27:4
- Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What [is that] to us? see thou [to that].
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Commentary for Proverbs 11:5
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H6666
There are 150 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: צְדָקָה
Transliteration: tsᵉdâqâh
Pronunciation: tsed-aw-kaw'
Description: from צָדַק; rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity); justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness). - Strong's Number: H8549
There are 85 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: תָּמִים
Transliteration: tâmîym
Pronunciation: taw-meem'
Description: from תָּמַם; entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth; without blemish, complete, full, perfect, sincerely (-ity), sound, without spot, undefiled, upright(-ly), whole. - Strong's Number: H3474
There are 26 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: יָשַׁר
Transliteration: yâshar
Pronunciation: yaw-shar'
Description: a primitive root; to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous; direct, fit, seem good (meet), [phrase] please (will), be (esteem, go) right (on), bring (look, make, take the) straight (way), be upright(-ly). - Strong's Number: H1870
There are 627 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: דֶּרֶךְ
Transliteration: derek
Pronunciation: deh'-rek
Description: from דָּרַךְ; a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb; along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever). - Strong's Number: H7563
There are 249 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רָשָׁע
Transliteration: râshâʻ
Pronunciation: raw-shaw'
Description: from רָשַׁע; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person; [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong. - Strong's Number: H5307
There are 403 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נָפַל
Transliteration: nâphal
Pronunciation: naw-fal'
Description: a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative); be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for פָּלַל), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be ([idiom] hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, [idiom] surely, throw down. - Strong's Number: H7564
There are 15 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רִשְׁעָה
Transliteration: rishʻâh
Pronunciation: rish-aw'
Description: feminine of רֶשַׁע; wrong (especially moral); fault, wickedly(-ness).