Proverbs 28:10

Proverbs 28:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
• New International Version (NIV)Whoever leads the upright along an evil path will fall into their own trap, but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever misleads the upright into an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will have a goodly inheritance.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, He himself will fall into his own pit; But the blameless will inherit good.

Context of Proverbs 28:10

8If you make people pay more when you lend money to them, you may become rich. But someone else will enjoy your riches. They will go to someone who is kind to poor people. 9If you refuse to listen to God's law, God will refuse to listen to your prayers. If you cause a good person to do evil things, your own evil trap will catch you. But people who do nothing wrong will receive good things. 11A rich person thinks that he knows everything. But a poor person who understands people knows what he is really like. 12When righteous people have power, everybody is happy. But when wicked people have power, good people run away to hide.

Proverbs 28:10 word by word

מַשְׁגֶּ֤ה יְשָׁרִ֨ים׀ בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ רָ֗ע בִּשְׁחוּת֥וֹ הֽוּא־יִפּ֑וֹל וּ֝תְמִימִ֗ים יִנְחֲלוּ־טֽוֹב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whoso causeth the righteousיָשָׁרyâshâr · uprightH3477
• to go astrayשָׁגָהshâgâh · to wanderH7686
• in an evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• he shall fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• himself into his own pitשְׁחוּתshechûth · pitH7816
• but the uprightתָּמִיםtâmîym · unblemished: blamelessH8549
• shall have goodטוֹבţôb · goodH2896
• in possessionנָחַלnâchal · to inheritH5157

Cross-references for Proverbs 28:10

• Numbers 31:15Moses said to them, ‘Why have you let all the women live?
• 1 Samuel 26:19My master and my king, please listen to me. Has the Lord made you angry with me? If that is true, a sacrifice to him may change his thoughts. But if men have made you turn against me, I ask the Lord to curse them. They have chased me out of the land that belongs to the Lord's people. They have said to me, “Go away and worship other gods!”
• Acts 13:8Bar-Jesus was also called Elymas. That was his name in the Greek language. He did not like what Barnabas and Saul were saying. He did not want Sergius Paulus to believe in Jesus. So he tried to stop him.
• Romans 16:17My Christian friends, I want to tell you something important. Be very careful about people who teach wrong things. They teach things that are different from God's true message that you learned. Those people cause you to quarrel with each other. They cause people to turn away from God. You must stay away from them.
• 2 Corinthians 11:3Remember how the snake deceived Eve. Because he was clever, she believed his lies. I am afraid that the same thing might happen to you. False teachers may make you believe wrong things. Then you will no longer love Christ in a pure and honest way.
• Galatians 1:8Nobody should ever teach a message that is different from the good news that we taught you. Neither we ourselves, nor even an angel from heaven, should ever teach a different message. If anyone does that, I pray that God would curse him.
• Galatians 2:4But some men did want us to obey all the Jewish rules. Those men came secretly among our group. They said that they were believers, but they were not really true believers. They wanted to see how we lived as believers. They wanted to know how Christ Jesus has made us free from the Jewish rules. They wanted to make us slaves to those rules.
• Galatians 3:1You Christians in Galatia are like fools! Someone has taught you to believe crazy ideas! I taught you clearly that Jesus Christ died on the cross as a sacrifice on our behalf. You understood that.
• 2 Peter 2:18The messages that these teachers speak seem very important. But their words really mean nothing. In that way, they lead people away from God. Some people have not been believers for very long. They have only just become free from the wrong things that people do. But the false teachers tell these people to do bad things that will make them happy.
• Revelation 2:14But I have a few things to say against you. Some people among you agree with what Balaam taught long ago. He taught Balak to do a bad thing against God's people. Balak caused the Israelite people to do wrong things. As a result, they ate food that people had given to idols. They also had sex with people who were not their husbands or wives.
• Proverbs 26:27If a man digs a deep hole as a trap, he will fall into it himself. If a man pushes a stone to fall on someone, it will fall back on him.
• Psalms 7:15Wicked people want to hurt people. They are digging a deep hole for people to fall into. But they fall into the hole themselves!
• Psalms 9:15Into the deep hole that they dug, the nations themselves fell. The net that they hid to catch me, caught their own feet!
• Ecclesiastes 10:8If you dig a deep hole, you might fall into it. If you knock down a wall, a snake might bite you.
• Proverbs 10:3The Lord will not let righteous people be hungry. But he will not let bad people get what they want.
• Proverbs 15:6Righteous people have many valuable things in their homes. But the riches of wicked people bring trouble to them.

Commentaries on Proverbs 28:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray - He who strives to pervert one really converted to God, in order that he may pour contempt on religion, shall fall into that hell to which he has endeavored to lead the other.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10When the wicked succeed in tempting the righteous, Vice seems to win a triumph. But the triumph is suicidal. The tempter will suffer the punishment he deserves, and the blameless, if true to themselves, will be strengthened and ennobled by the temptation.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10Verse 10 The success of ungodly men is their own misery.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. (Compare Pr 26:27).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