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New King James Version

Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the blameless will direct [fn] his way aright,But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Integrity;   Righteousness;   Sin;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Business Life;   Credit System;   Fall;   Insecurity of the Wicked;   Righteous, the;   Righteous-Wicked;   Saints;   Security-Insecurity;   Suretyship;   Wicked, the;   The Topic Concordance - Guidance;   Righteousness;   Wickedness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Righteousness;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Proverbs;   Wisdom literature;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Perfection;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
The godly are directed by honesty; the wicked fall beneath their load of sin.
Update Bible Version
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
New Century Version
The goodness of the innocent makes life easier, but the wicked will be destroyed by their wickedness.
New English Translation
The righteousness of the blameless will make straight their way, but the wicked person will fall by his own wickedness.
Webster's Bible Translation
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
World English Bible
The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Amplified Bible
The righteousness of the blameless will smooth their way and keep it straight, But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
English Standard Version
The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The riytfulnesse of a simple man schal dresse his weie; and a wickid man schal falle in his wickidnesse.
English Revised Version
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Berean Standard Bible
The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
Contemporary English Version
If you are truly good, you will do right; if you are wicked, you will be destroyed by your own sin.
American Standard Version
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Bible in Basic English
The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.
Complete Jewish Bible
The righteousness of the innocent levels their way, but wickedness of the wicked makes them fall.
Darby Translation
The righteousness of the perfect maketh plain his way; but the wicked falleth by his own wickedness.
Easy-to-Read Version
Doing right makes life better for those who are good, but the wicked are destroyed by their own wicked ways.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The righteousness of the sincere shall make straight his way; but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
King James Version (1611)
The righteousnesse of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his owne wickednesse.
New Life Bible
Those right with God, who are without blame, make a straight way for themselves, but the sinful will fall by their own wrong-doing.
New Revised Standard
The righteousness of the blameless keeps their ways straight, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The righteousnes of the vpright shal direct his way: but the wicked shall fall in his owne wickednes.
George Lamsa Translation
The righteousness of the upright shall direct his way; but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Good News Translation
Honesty makes a good person's life easier, but the wicked will cause their own downfall.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The righteousness of the blameless, shall smooth his way, but, by his own lawlessness, shall the lawless one, fall.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The justice of the upright shall make his way prosperous: and the wicked man shall fall by his own wickedness.
Revised Standard Version
The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The ryghteousnesse of the innocent ordereth his way: but the vngodly shall fall in his owne wickednesse.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Righteousness traces out blameless paths: but ungodliness encounters unjust dealing.
Christian Standard Bible®
The righteousness of the blameless clears his path,but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.
Hebrew Names Version
The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
King James Version
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Lexham English Bible
The righteousness of the blameless will keep his ways straight, but the wicked will fall by his wickedness.
Literal Translation
The righteousness of the perfect shall make his way right, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Young's Literal Translation
The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The rightuousnes of ye innocent ordreth his waye, but the vngodly shal fall in his owne wickednesse.
THE MESSAGE
Moral character makes for smooth traveling; an evil life is a hard life.
New American Standard Bible
The righteousness of the blameless will smooth his way, But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The righteousness of the blameless will smooth his way, But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
Legacy Standard Bible
The righteousness of the blameless will make his way straight,But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.

Contextual Overview

5 The righteousness of the blameless will direct [fn] his way aright,But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness. 6 The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, But the unfaithful will be caught by their lust.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

direct: Heb. rectify, Proverbs 11:3, Proverbs 1:31, Proverbs 1:32, Proverbs 5:22, 2 Samuel 17:23, Esther 7:3-10, Psalms 9:15, Psalms 9:16, Matthew 27:4, Matthew 27:5

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 18:19 - go up Esther 7:9 - Behold Proverbs 13:6 - Righteousness Proverbs 13:23 - destroyed Proverbs 21:29 - he directeth Proverbs 29:6 - the transgression Hosea 5:5 - fall in

Cross-References

Genesis 11:13
After he begot Salah, Arphaxad lived four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:14
Salah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.
Genesis 11:23
After he begot Nahor, Serug lived two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:24
Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah.
Genesis 18:21
I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know."
Exodus 3:8
So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.
Exodus 19:11
And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day the LORD will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
Exodus 19:18
Now Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain [fn] quaked greatly.
Exodus 19:20
Then the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
Psalms 11:4
The LORD is in His holy temple, The LORD's throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way,.... Or "make [it] plain" f; that is, the righteousness of those who are perfect in Christ, complete in him, perfectly justified by his righteousness; that righteousness makes their way plain; it is the direct way, the highway, the pathway to eternal life and happiness; see

Proverbs 12:28;

but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness; or, "in his wickedness" g: in his own wicked way, which he has chosen and delights to walk in; he shall stumble therein, and fall into ruin and destruction, into hell and damnation: or by means or because of it he will fall; his wickedness will be the cause of his fall; as it will be the cause of the fall of Babylon, Revelation 18:2.

f תישר "rectam facit", Cocceius; "complanat viam ejus", Schultens. g ברשעתו "in impietate sua", Tigurine version, Montanus, Baynus, Michaelis; "improbitate sua", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "in injustitia sua", Cocceius; "in improbitate sua turbulenta", Schultens.


 
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