Proverbs 28:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:9 : 9 He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.
  • Prov 28:6 : 6 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.
  • Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.
  • 2 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it. 2 And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name. 3 And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.
  • Rev 3:3 : 3 Keep in mind, then, the teaching which was given to you, and be ruled by it and have a change of heart. If then you do not keep watch, I will come like a thief, and you will have no knowledge of the hour when I will come on you.
  • Num 22:32 : 32 And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why have you given your ass blows these three times? See, I have come out against you to keep you back, because your purpose is not pleasing to me.
  • Ps 25:21 : 21 For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.
  • Ps 26:11 : 11 But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.
  • Ps 73:18-20 : 18 You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction. 19 How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction. 20 As a dream when one is awake, they are ended; they are like an image gone out of mind when sleep is over.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.
  • Ps 125:5 : 5 But as for such as are turned out of the straight way, the Lord will take them away with the workers of evil. Let peace be on Israel.
  • Prov 10:25 : 25 When the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.
  • Prov 11:3-6 : 3 The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction. 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 10:9
    84%

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

  • Prov 28:10
    81%

    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 11:3
    80%

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

  • Prov 11:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

    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
    78%

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

  • Prov 28:6
    78%

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

  • Prov 14:2
    77%

    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 10:29
    76%

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

  • Prov 16:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Hos 14:9
    74%

    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 21:8
    74%

    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 2:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Prov 21:29
    74%

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

  • Prov 11:18-20
    3 verses
    73%

    18 The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

    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

  • Prov 24:16
    73%

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

  • Job 18:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

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

    8 His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.

  • Ezek 33:18
    73%

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

  • Prov 2:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;

    13 Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;

  • Prov 12:28
    73%

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

  • 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.

  • Prov 2:15
    73%

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

  • Prov 28:17
    73%

    17 One who has been the cause of a man's death will go in flight to the underworld: let no man give him help.

  • Ezek 18:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26 When 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.

    27 Again, when the evil-doer, turning away from the evil he has done, does what is ordered and right, he will have life for his soul.

  • Prov 21:18
    72%

    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 3:23
    72%

    23 Then you will go safely on your way, and your feet will have no cause for slipping.

  • Ps 15:2
    72%

    2 He who goes on his way uprightly, doing righteousness, and saying what is true in his heart;

  • Prov 22:5
    72%

    5 Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.

  • Prov 28:14
    72%

    14 Happy is the man in whom is the fear of the Lord at all times; but he whose heart is hard will come into trouble.

  • Prov 28:26
    72%

    26 He whose faith is in himself is foolish; but everyone walking wisely will be kept safe.

  • Ps 37:38
    71%

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

  • Ps 1:6
    71%

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

  • Isa 26:7
    71%

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

  • Prov 4:19
    71%

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

  • Prov 14:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    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 26:27
    71%

    27 He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.

  • Prov 12:7
    71%

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

  • Prov 29:1
    71%

    1 A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.

  • Prov 19:1
    71%

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

  • Prov 29:6
    71%

    6 In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.

  • Prov 28:20
    71%

    20 A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.