Proverbs 11:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

צִדְקַ֣ת תָּ֭מִים תְּיַשֵּׁ֣ר דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וּ֝בְרִשְׁעָת֗וֹ יִפֹּ֥ל רָשָֽׁע׃

Transliteration

Ṣidqat tāmîm təyaššēr darkô ûbərišʿātô yippōl rāšāʿ.

Grammar Details

• *Ṣidqat*: construct feminine singular noun - righteousness of
• *tāmîm*: masculine singular adjective - blameless/perfect one
• *təyaššēr*: verb Piel imperfect 3rd feminine singular - makes straight
• *darkô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his way
• *ûbərišʿātô*: conjunction + preposition + feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and by his wickedness
• *yippōl*: verb Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - falls/will fall
• *rāšāʿ*: masculine singular adjective/noun - wicked one

Word Meanings

• *Ṣidqat*: righteousness/justice
• *tāmîm*: blameless/perfect/complete/whole
• *təyaššēr*: makes straight/makes smooth/directs
• *darkô*: his way/path/journey
• *rišʿātô*: his wickedness/evil/guilt
• *yippōl*: falls/will fall/be overthrown
• *rāšāʿ*: wicked one/criminal/guilty one

Referenced Verses

• Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
• Prov 11:3 : 3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
• Matt 27:4-5 : 4 saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou [to it]. 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.
• 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home, unto his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
• Esth 7:3-9 : 3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor 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: 4 for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage. 5 Then spake the king Ahasuerus and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? 6 And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. 7 And the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine [and went] into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king. 8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. 9 Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him thereon. 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
• Ps 9:15-16 : 15 The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 16 Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. {H1902} Selah}
• Prov 1:31-32 : 31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices. 32 For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
• Prov 3:6 : 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.