Proverbs 28:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Prov 10:9 : 9 He who walks uprightly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways shall be known.
  • Prov 28:6 : 6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
  • Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews?
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 For when they say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
  • 2 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 But there were false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who secretly will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their pernicious ways; by whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. 3 And through covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; their judgment is long overdue, and their destruction does not slumber.
  • Rev 3:3 : 3 Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore you shall not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you shall not know what hour I will come upon you.
  • Num 22:32 : 32 And the angel of the LORD said to him, Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Look, I went out to withstand you, because your way is perverse before me:
  • Ps 25:21 : 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait on You.
  • Ps 26:11 : 11 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity; redeem me, and be merciful to me.
  • Ps 73:18-20 : 18 Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction. 19 How they are brought into desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awakes; so, O Lord, when You wake up, You shall despise their image.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
  • Ps 125:5 : 5 But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them away with the workers of iniquity; peace shall be upon Israel.
  • Prov 10:25 : 25 As the whirlwind passes, so is the wicked no more, but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
  • Prov 11:3-6 : 3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the crookedness of transgressors shall destroy them. 4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • 10Whoever 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.

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

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5The righteousness of the blameless shall direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

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

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

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

  • 2He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.

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

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    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he who keeps his way preserves his soul.

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

  • 9Who 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.

  • 8The way of the guilty is crooked and strange, but as for the pure, his work is right.

  • Prov 2:20-21
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    20That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

    21For the upright will dwell in the land, and the perfect will remain in it.

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

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    18The wicked works a deceitful work, but he who sows righteousness shall have a sure reward.

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

    20Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the upright in their way are His delight.

  • 16For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again, but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

  • Job 18:7-8
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    7The steps of his strength shall be shortened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

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

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

  • Prov 2:12-13
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    12To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man who speaks perverse things;

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

  • 28In the path of righteousness there is life, and in its way there is no death.

  • 28He who trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish like a branch.

  • 15Whose ways are crooked, and who are perverse in their paths:

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

  • 17A person who does violence to the blood of anyone shall flee to the pit; let no one stop him.

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    26When 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.

    27Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does what is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

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

  • 23Then you will walk in your way safely, and your foot will not stumble.

  • 2He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart.

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

  • 14Happy is the man who always fears, but he who hardens his heart will fall into mischief.

  • 26He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but whoever walks wisely shall be delivered.

  • 38But the transgressors shall be destroyed altogether; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.

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    6For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • 7The way of the just is uprightness; You, most upright, weigh the path of the just.

  • 19The way of the wicked is like darkness: they do not know at what they stumble.

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    11The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

    12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

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

  • 7The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.

  • 1He who is often reproved and hardens his neck shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  • 1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

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

  • 20A faithful person shall abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich shall not be innocent.