Proverbs 28:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in [his] ways shall fall at once.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הוֹלֵ֣ךְ תָּ֭מִים יִוָּשֵׁ֑עַ וְנֶעְקַ֥שׁ דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִם יִפּ֥וֹל בְּאֶחָֽת׃

Transliteration

hôlēḵ tāmîm yiwwāšēa' wəne'qaš dərāḵayim yippôl bə'eḥāṯ

Grammar Details

• *hôlēḵ*: Qal participle, masculine singular - walking
• *tāmîm*: adjective, masculine singular - blamelessly/with integrity
• *yiwwāšēa'*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will be saved
• *wəne'qaš*: conjunction + Niphal participle, masculine singular - but one who is perverse/crooked
• *dərāḵayim*: noun, feminine dual - in ways
• *yippôl*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will fall
• *bə'eḥāṯ*: preposition + numeral, feminine singular - in one [of them]/suddenly

Word Meanings

• *hôlēḵ*: walking/going
• *tāmîm*: blamelessly/with integrity/completely
• *yiwwāšēa'*: will be saved/will be delivered/will be rescued
• *ne'qaš*: perverse/crooked/twisted
• *dərāḵayim*: ways/paths
• *yippôl*: will fall/will stumble
• *bə'eḥāṯ*: in one [of them]/suddenly/at once

Referenced Verses

• Prov 10:9 : 9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
• Prov 28:6 : 6 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.
• Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Cephas before [them] all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as do the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, how compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
• 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 {G1063} When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.
• 2 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of. 3 And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.
• Rev 3:3 : 3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and didst hear; and keep [it], and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come {G1909} {G4571} as a thief, and thou shalt not {G3361} know what hour I will come upon thee.
• Num 22:32 : 32 And the angel of Jehovah said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I am come forth for an adversary, because thy way is perverse before me:
• Ps 25:21 : 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for thee.
• Ps 26:11 : 11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: Redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
• Ps 73:18-20 : 18 Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction. 19 How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
• Ps 84:11 : 11 For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
• Ps 125:5 : 5 But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
• Prov 10:25 : 25 When the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more; But the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
• Prov 11:3-6 : 3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them. 4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death. 5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. 6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.