Proverbs 28:18

Proverbs 28:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
• New International Version (NIV)The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe, but the one whose ways are perverse will fall into the pit.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever walks in integrity will be delivered, but he who is crooked in his ways will suddenly fall.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Whoever walks blamelessly will be saved, But he who is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.

Context of Proverbs 28:18

16The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor; Buthe that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days. 17A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him. Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. 19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. 20A faithful man shall abound with blessings; But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.

Proverbs 28:18 word by word

הוֹלֵ֣ךְ תָּ֭מִים יִוָּשֵׁ֑עַ וְנֶעְקַ֥שׁ דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִם יִפּ֥וֹל בְּאֶחָֽת׃Read the interlinear

• deliveredיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467
• waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307

Cross-references for Proverbs 28:18

• Proverbs 10:9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
• Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
• Psalms 25:21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for thee.
• Psalms 26:11But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: Redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
• Psalms 84:11For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
• Galatians 2:14But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Cephas before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as do the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, how compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
• Proverbs 28:6Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse inhisways, though he be rich.
• Numbers 22:32And the angel of Jehovah said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I am come forth for an adversary, because thy way is perverse before me:
• Psalms 73:18Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.
• Psalms 125:5But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:3When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.
• 2 Peter 2:1But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
• Revelation 3:3Remember therefore how thou hast received and didst hear; and keep it, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

Commentaries on Proverbs 28:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Shall fall at once - Shall fall without resource, altogether.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18In his ways - Rather “in his double ways” (as in Proverbs 28:6). The evil of vacillation rather than that of craft, the want of the one guiding principle of right, is contrasted with the straightforwardness of the man that “walketh uprightly.” Shall fall at once - Better, shall fall in one of them (his ways). The attempt to combine incompatibilities is sure to fail. Men cannot serve God and Mammon.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18Verse 18 Uprightness will give men holy security in the worst times; but the false and dishonest are never safe.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. (Compare Pr 10:9; 17:20). Double dealing is eventually fatal.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Proverbs 28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings