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

16A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days. 17A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him. He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall. 19The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty. 20A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 28:18 word by word

הוֹלֵ֣ךְ תָּ֭מִים יִוָּשֵׁ֑עַ וְנֶעְקַ֥שׁ דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִם יִפּ֥וֹל בְּאֶחָֽת׃Read the interlinear

• He who walksהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
• with integrityתָּמִיםtâmîym · unblemished: blamelessH8549
• will be kept safeיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467
• but whoever is perverseעָקַשׁ‛âqash · to twistH6140
• waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• will suddenlyאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307

Cross-references for Proverbs 28:18

• Proverbs 10:9He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
• Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
• Psalms 25:21May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
• Psalms 26:11But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
• Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
• Galatians 2:14When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
• Proverbs 28:6Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
• Numbers 22:32The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.
• Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
• Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
• 2 Peter 2:1Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
• Revelation 3:3Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.

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

Topics related to Proverbs 28:18

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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