Proverbs 28:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

Whoever causes the righteous to go astray in an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the upright shall have good things in possession.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Whoever leads the upright along an evil path will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the uight shall have good things in possession.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Whoso causeth the upright{H3477} to go astray{H7686} in an evil{H7451} way,{H1870} He shall fall{H5307} himself into his own pit;{H7816} But the perfect{H8549} shall inherit{H5157} good.{H2896}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Whoso causeth the righteous{H3477} to go astray{H7686}{(H8688)} in an evil{H7451} way{H1870}, he shall fall{H5307}{(H8799)} himself into his own pit{H7816}: but the upright{H8549} shall have good{H2896} things in possession{H5157}{(H8799)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Who so ledeth ye rightuous in to an euell waye, shal fall in to his owne pytt, but ye iust shal haue the good in possession.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    He that causeth the righteous to go astray by an euill way, shal fall into his owne pit, and the vpright shall inherite good things.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Who so causeth the righteous to go astray by an euill way, shall fall into his owne pit: but the iust shall haue the good in possession.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good [things] in possession.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, He will fall into his own trap; But the blameless will inherit good.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Whoso causeth the upright to go astray in an evil way, He shall fall himself into his own pit; But the perfect shall inherit good.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Whoso causeth the upright to go astray in an evil way, He shall fall himself into his own pit; But the perfect shall inherit good.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
  • Prov 26:27 : 27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.
  • Ps 37:25-26 : 25 I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging bread. 26 He is ever merciful, and lends, and his descendants are blessed.
  • Prov 15:6 : 6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but in the income of the wicked is trouble.
  • Prov 21:20 : 20 There is desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man spends it up.
  • Prov 10:3 : 3 The LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish, but He casts away the substance of the wicked.
  • Num 31:15-16 : 15 And Moses said to them, Have you kept all the women alive? 16 Look, these women caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
  • Deut 7:12-14 : 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, if you listen to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD your God shall keep to you the covenant and the mercy which he swore to your fathers: 13 And he will love you, and bless you, and multiply you: he will also bless the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your land, your grain, and your wine, and your oil, the increase of your cattle, and the flocks of your sheep, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you. 14 You shall be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
  • 1 Sam 26:19 : 19 Now, therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, cursed are they before the LORD, for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.'
  • Ps 7:15-16 : 15 He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.
  • Ps 9:15 : 15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
  • Ps 37:11 : 11 But the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
  • Acts 13:8-9 : 8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) opposed them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. 9 Then Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, set his eyes on him, 10 And said, O full of all deceit and all trickery, you child of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
  • Rom 16:17-18 : 17 Now I urge you, brethren, mark those who cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned, and avoid them. 18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own appetites; and by smooth talk and flattering words deceive the hearts of the innocent.
  • 2 Cor 11:3-4 : 3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve through his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4 For if someone comes and preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit, which you have not received, or a different gospel, which you have not accepted, you might well bear with him.
  • 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder; for Satan himself transforms into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform as ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
  • Gal 1:8-9 : 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.
  • Gal 2:4 : 4 And that because of false brethren stealthily brought in, who came in secretly to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
  • Gal 3:1-4 : 1 O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ has been clearly set forth, crucified among you? 2 This only I would learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith? 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now made perfect by the flesh? 4 Have you suffered so many things in vain, if indeed it is in vain?
  • 2 Pet 2:18-20 : 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, those who have barely escaped from those who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. 20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.
  • Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.
  • Eccl 10:8 : 8 He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaks an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    5 The righteousness of the blameless shall direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but transgressors shall be captured by their own evil.

  • Prov 28:18
    81%

    18 Whoever walks uprightly shall be saved, but he who is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

  • Prov 10:9-10
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    80%

    9 He who walks uprightly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways shall be known.

    10 He who winks with the eye causes sorrow, but a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 26:27
    79%

    27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.

  • Prov 11:3
    78%

    3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the crookedness of transgressors shall destroy them.

  • Ps 7:15-16
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    15 He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he made.

    16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.

  • Prov 13:6
    78%

    6 Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Eccl 10:8
    77%

    8 He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaks an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

  • Prov 28:6
    77%

    6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  • Prov 17:20
    76%

    20 He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 29:6
    76%

    6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous sing and rejoice.

  • Job 18:7-8
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    76%

    7 The steps of his strength shall be shortened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

    8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon a snare.

  • Prov 12:26
    75%

    26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Prov 11:27-29
    3 verses
    75%

    27 He who diligently seeks good procures favor, but he who seeks evil, it shall come to him.

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    29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 10:29
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    29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright, but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 11:18-19
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    18 The wicked works a deceitful work, but he who sows righteousness shall have a sure reward.

    19 As righteousness leads to life, so he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

  • Ezek 33:18
    75%

    18 When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it.

  • Prov 28:11
    75%

    11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.

  • Prov 13:21
    74%

    21 Evil pursues sinners, but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

  • Prov 2:13
    74%

    13 Who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness;

  • Job 18:10
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    10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

  • Ps 35:8
    74%

    8 Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, and let his net that he has hidden catch himself; into that very destruction let him fall.

  • Ezek 18:26
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    26 When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies in them; for his iniquity that he has done he shall die.

  • Hos 14:9
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    9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Prov 21:29
    73%

    29 A wicked man hardens his face, but as for the upright, he directs his way.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

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    21 That make a man an offender by a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2 Yet He also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back His words: but will rise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who practice iniquity.

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    32 For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will destroy them.

  • Prov 2:20
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    20 That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards his soul shall be far from them.

  • Prov 25:26
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    26 A righteous man who falters before the wicked is like a troubled fountain and a corrupt spring.

  • Prov 29:16
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    16 When the wicked multiply, transgression increases; but the righteous shall see their fall.

  • Prov 14:11
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    11 The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

  • Prov 10:17
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    17 He is in the way of life who keeps instruction, but he who refuses reproof errs.

  • Prov 5:22
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    22 His own iniquities shall capture the wicked, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.

  • Prov 28:4
    73%

    4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.

  • Ps 34:21
    73%

    21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and those who hate the righteous shall be desolate.

  • Prov 17:13
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    13 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • Prov 16:29
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    29 A violent man entices his neighbor, and leads him into a way that is not good.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19 The evil will bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 21:7
    72%

    7 The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.