Proverbs 11:5
3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
4 Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.
7 When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
- KJV
- The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
- WEB
- The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
- ASV
- The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
- DARBY
- The righteousness of the perfect maketh plain his way; but the wicked falleth by his own wickedness.
- BLB
- The righteousness of a blameless one makes his way straight, and in his wickedness a wicked one will fall.
- ÅB
- Den ustraffeliges rettferdighet gjør hans vei jevn, men den ugudelige faller ved sin ugudelighet.
- OTB
- De skyldfries rettferdighet rydder deres vei, men de ugudelige snubler i sin egen ugudelighet.
- B1930
- Den ustraffeliges rettferdighet gjør hans vei jevn, men den ugudelige faller ved sin ugudelighet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 5:22
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
Read in contextPsalms 9:15–16
The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
Read in contextProverbs 3:6
in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Read in contextEsther 7:3–10
Queen 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.
Read in contextProverbs 1:31–32
So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Read in contextMatthew 27:4–5
“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”
Read in contextProverbs 11:3
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
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