Proverbs 11:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Prov 5:22 : 22 The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
  • Prov 11:3 : 3 The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.
  • Matt 27:4-5 : 4 Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business. 5 And he put down the silver in the Temple and went out, and put himself to death by hanging.
  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 Now when Ahithophel saw that his suggestion was not acted on, he got his ass ready, and went back to his house, to the town where he came from, and having put his house in order, he put himself to death by hanging; so he came to his end and was put in the resting-place of his father.
  • Esth 7:3-9 : 3 Then Esther the queen, answering, said, If I have your approval, O king, and if it is the king's pleasure, let my life be given to me in answer to my prayer, and my people at my request: 4 For we are given up, I and my people, to destruction and death and to be cut off. If we had been taken as men-servants and women-servants for a price, I would have said nothing, for our trouble is little in comparison with the king's loss. 5 Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, Who is he and where is he who has had this evil thought in his heart? 6 And Esther said, Our hater and attacker is this evil Haman. Then Haman was full of fear before the king and the queen. 7 And the king in his wrath got up from the feast and went into the garden: and Haman got to his feet to make a prayer for his life to Esther the queen: for he saw that the king's purpose was evil against him. 8 Then the king came back from the garden into the room where they had been drinking; and Haman was stretched out on the seat where Esther was. Then the king said, Is he taking the queen by force before my eyes in my house? And while the words were on the king's lips, they put a cloth over Haman's face. 9 Then Harbonah, one of the unsexed servants waiting before the king, said, See, the pillar fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who said a good word for the king, is still in its place in Haman's house. Then the king said, Put him to death by hanging him on it. 10 So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.
  • Ps 9:15-16 : 15 The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken. 16 The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.)
  • Prov 1:31-32 : 31 So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full. 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 3:6 : 6 In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.

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  • Prov 11:6
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    6The 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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    6Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Prov 11:3-4
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    3The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

    4Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10Anyone 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 11:18-19
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    18The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

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

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

  • Prov 11:8
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    8The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

  • Ps 1:5-6
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    5For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

    6Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

  • Prov 10:29-30
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    29The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

    30The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.

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

  • Prov 11:28
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    28He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

  • Prov 29:16
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    16When evil men are in power, wrongdoing is increased; but the upright will have pleasure when they see their downfall.

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

  • Prov 24:16
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    16For an upright man, after falling seven times, will get up again: but trouble is the downfall of the evil.

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

  • Prov 14:32
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    32The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

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

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

  • Prov 10:2-3
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    2Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.

    3The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.

  • Prov 14:11-12
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    11The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.

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

  • Prov 12:5
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    5The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

  • Prov 4:18-19
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    18But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.

    19The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.

  • Prov 5:22
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    22The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.

  • Prov 2:20-21
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    20So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

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

  • Prov 10:16
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    16The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

  • Prov 12:28
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    28In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.

  • Ezek 18:26
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    26When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him; in the evil which he has done death will overtake him.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

  • Prov 12:13
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    13In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.

  • Prov 25:26
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    26Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.

  • Hos 14:9
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    9As 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 11:31
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    31If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!

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

  • Job 18:7
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    7The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.

  • Isa 5:23
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    23Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

  • Isa 3:11
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    11Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

  • Ezek 33:12
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    12And you, son of man, say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the upright man will not make him safe in the day when he does wrong; and the evil-doing of the evil man will not be the cause of his fall in the day when he is turned from his evil-doing; and the upright man will not have life because of his righteousness in the day when he does evil.

  • Isa 26:7
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    7The way of the good man is straight; the road of the upright is made smooth by you.