Proverbs 11:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:6 : 6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.
  • Prov 19:3 : 3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.
  • Prov 21:7 : 7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.
  • Prov 28:18 : 18 He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.
  • Eccl 7:17 : 17 Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?
  • Isa 1:28 : 28 But a common destruction will overtake sinners and evil-doers together, and those who have gone away from the Lord will be cut off.
  • John 7:17 : 17 If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from--from God or from myself.
  • Ps 25:21 : 21 For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.
  • Ps 26:1 : 1 <Of David.> O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.
  • Prov 11:5 : 5 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 11:4-6
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    4 Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

    5 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.

    6 The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Prov 10:29
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    29 The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

  • Prov 28:18
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    18 He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.

  • Prov 10:9
    80%

    9 He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10 Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

  • Prov 14:11-12
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    78%

    11 The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.

    12 There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

  • Prov 11:19-20
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    76%

    19 So righteousness gives life; but he who goes after evil gets death for himself.

    20 The uncontrolled are hated by the Lord, but those whose ways are without error are his delight

  • Ps 37:38
    76%

    38 But as for the sinners, they will be cut off together; the end of the wrongdoers is destruction.

  • Prov 21:29
    76%

    29 The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

  • Prov 14:2
    76%

    2 He who goes on his way in righteousness has before him the fear of the Lord; but he whose ways are twisted gives him no honour.

  • Prov 21:7-8
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    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

    8 Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

  • Prov 13:15
    75%

    15 Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

  • Ps 1:6
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    6 Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

  • Prov 12:7-8
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    7 Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

    8 A man will be praised in the measure of his wisdom, but a wrong-minded man will be looked down on.

  • Prov 12:26
    75%

    26 The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

  • Prov 16:17-18
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    17 The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.

    18 Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.

  • Prov 22:12
    74%

    12 The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.

  • Prov 1:32
    74%

    32 For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.

  • Prov 11:11
    74%

    11 By the blessing of the upright man the town is made great, but it is overturned by the mouth of the evil-doer.

  • Prov 21:18
    74%

    18 The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

  • Job 17:8
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    8 The upright are surprised at this, and he who has done no wrong is troubled because of the evil-doers.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Ps 94:15
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    15 But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.

  • Ezek 33:18
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    18 When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it.

  • Prov 10:2
    73%

    2 Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.

  • Prov 3:32
    73%

    32 For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.

  • Prov 11:28
    73%

    28 He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

  • Hos 14:9
    73%

    9 As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.

  • Prov 2:15
    73%

    15 Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

  • Prov 2:13
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    13 Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;

  • Prov 14:19
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    19 The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

  • Prov 11:2
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    2 When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

  • Prov 10:31
    73%

    31 The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

  • Prov 2:20-22
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    20 So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

    21 For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.

    22 But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

  • Ps 37:17
    73%

    17 For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Prov 21:15
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    15 It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.

  • Prov 17:20
    73%

    20 Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.