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Proverbs 11:5

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¶ The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

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}.

The righteousness of the innocent levels their way, but wickedness of the wicked makes them fall.

The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 5:22 (4 votes)

    His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

  • Psalms 9:15 (3 votes)

    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 (3 votes)

    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 (1 votes)

    Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

  • Proverbs 1:32 (1 votes)

    For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

  • Proverbs 11:3 (1 votes)

    ¶ The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

  • Matthew 27:4 (1 votes)

    Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What [is that] to us? see thou [to that].