King James Version
Proverbs 11:5
5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.1
Proverbs 11:5 in other versions
- New International Version (NIV)The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight, but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way aright, But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The godly are directed by honesty; the wicked fall beneath their load of sin.
Context of Proverbs 11:5
3The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. 4Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. 6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. 7When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
Read all of Proverbs 11Proverbs 11:5 word by word
צִדְקַ֣ת תָּ֭מִים תְּיַשֵּׁ֣ר דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וּ֝בְרִשְׁעָת֗וֹ יִפֹּ֥ל רָשָֽׁע׃Read the interlinear
- The righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedâqâh · righteousnessH6666
- of the perfectתָּמִיםtâmîym · unblemished: blamelessH8549
- shall directיָשַׁרyâshar · to smoothH3474
- his wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
- but the wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
- shall fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
- by his own wickednessרִשְׁעָהrish‛âh · wickednessH7564
Cross-references for Proverbs 11:5
- Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
- Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
- 2 Samuel 17:23And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
- Esther 7:3Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
- Psalms 9:15The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
- Matthew 27:4Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
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- 1. Proverbs 11:5 direct: Heb. rectify ↩
Commentaries on Proverbs 11
- 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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