New English Translation
Proverbs 28:18
18The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall 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
16The prince who is a great oppressor lacks wisdom, but the one who hates unjust gain will prolong his days. 17The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him. The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once. 19The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty. 20A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.
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 10:9The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.
- Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroys them.
- Psalms 25:21May integrity and godliness protect me, for I rely on you!
- Psalms 26:11But I have integrity! Rescue me and have mercy on me!
- Psalms 84:11For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.
- Galatians 2:14But when I saw that they were not behaving consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, although you are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
- Proverbs 28:6A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.
- Numbers 22:32The angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Look, I came out to oppose you because what you are doing is perverse before me.
- Psalms 73:18Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.
- Psalms 125:5As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the Lord remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace!
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3Now when they are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.
- 2 Peter 2:1But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves.
- Revelation 3:3Therefore, remember what you received and heard, and obey it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come against 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
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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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