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Proverbs 28:18
18The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe, but the one whose ways are perverse will fall into the pit.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The blameless will be rescued from harm, but the crooked will be suddenly destroyed.
Context of Proverbs 28:18
16A tyrannical ruler practices extortion, but one who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long reign. 17Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder will seek refuge in the grave; let no one hold them back. The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe, but the one whose ways are perverse will fall into the pit. 19Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty. 20A faithful person will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich 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 10:9Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.
- Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.
- Psalms 25:21May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you.
- Psalms 26:11I lead a blameless life; deliver me and be merciful to me.
- Psalms 84:11For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
- Galatians 2:14When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?
- Proverbs 28:6Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse.
- Numbers 22:32The angel of the Lord asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? I have come here to oppose you because your path is a reckless one before me.
- Psalms 73:18Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin.
- Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the Lord will banish with the evildoers. Peace be on Israel.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
- 2 Peter 2:1But 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 sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
- Revelation 3:3Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to 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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