God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 28:18
18Whoever lives honestly will be safe. Whoever lives dishonestly will fall all at once.
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 without understanding taxes ⌞his people⌟ heavily, but those who hate unjust gain will live longer. 17A person burdened with the guilt of murder will be a fugitive down to his grave. No one will help him. Whoever lives honestly will be safe. Whoever lives dishonestly will fall all at once. 19Whoever works his land will have plenty to eat. Whoever chases unrealistic dreams will have plenty of nothing. 20A trustworthy person has many blessings, but anyone in a hurry to get rich will not escape punishment.
Read all of Proverbs 28Proverbs 28:18 word by word
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ תָּ֭מִים יִוָּשֵׁ֑עַ וְנֶעְקַ֥שׁ דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִם יִפּ֥וֹל בְּאֶחָֽת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 28:18
- Proverbs 10:9Whoever lives honestly will live securely, but whoever lives dishonestly will be found out.
- Proverbs 11:3Integrity guides decent people, but hypocrisy leads treacherous people to ruin.
- Psalms 25:21Integrity and honesty will protect me because I wait for you.
- Psalms 26:11But I walk with integrity. Rescue me, and have pity on me.
- Psalms 84:11The Lord God is a sun and shield. The Lord grants favor and honor. He does not hold back any blessing from those who live innocently.
- Galatians 2:14But I saw that they were not properly following the truth of the Good News. So I told Cephas in front of everyone, “You’re Jewish, but you live like a person who is not Jewish. So how can you insist that people who are not Jewish must live like Jews?”
- Proverbs 28:6Better to be a poor person who has integrity than to be rich and double-dealing.
- Numbers 22:32The Messenger of the Lord asked him, “Why have you hit your donkey three times like this? I’ve come here to stop you because the trip you’re taking is evil.
- Psalms 73:18You put them in slippery places and make them fall into ruin.
- Psalms 125:5But when people become crooked, the Lord will lead them away with troublemakers. Let there be peace in Israel!
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3When people say, “Everything is safe and sound!” destruction will suddenly strike them. It will be as sudden as labor pains come to a pregnant woman. They won’t be able to escape.
- 2 Peter 2:1False prophets were among God’s people ⌞in the past⌟, as false teachers will be among you. They will secretly bring in their own destructive teachings. They will deny the Lord, who has bought them, and they will bring themselves swift destruction.
- Revelation 3:3So remember what you received and heard. Obey, and change the way you think and act. If you’re not alert, I’ll come like a thief. You don’t know when I will come.
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
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