Proverbs 11:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:6 : 6 Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
  • Prov 19:3 : 3 A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.
  • Prov 21:7 : 7 The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.
  • Prov 28:18 : 18 The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once.
  • Eccl 7:17 : 17 Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool; otherwise you might die before your time.
  • Isa 1:28 : 28 All rebellious sinners will be shattered, those who abandon the LORD will perish.
  • John 7:17 : 17 If anyone wants to do God’s will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.
  • Ps 25:21 : 21 May integrity and godliness protect me, for I rely on you!
  • Ps 26:1 : 1 By David. Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have integrity, and I trust in the LORD without wavering.
  • Prov 11:5 : 5 The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 11:4-6
    3 verses
    85%

    4Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.

  • Prov 13:6
    82%

    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 10:29
    80%

    29The way of the LORD is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

  • Prov 28:18
    80%

    18The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once.

  • Prov 10:9
    80%

    9The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.

  • Prov 28:10
    78%

    10The 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.

  • Prov 14:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11The household of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

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

  • Prov 28:6
    78%

    6A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

  • Prov 11:19-20
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    76%

    19True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

    20The LORD abhors those who are perverse in heart, but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight.

  • Ps 37:38
    76%

    38Sinful rebels are totally destroyed; evil men have no future.

  • Prov 21:29
    76%

    29A wicked person has put on a bold face, but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

  • Prov 14:2
    76%

    2The one who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is perverted in his ways despises him.

  • Prov 21:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

    8The way of the guilty person is devious, but as for the pure, his way is upright.

  • Prov 13:15
    75%

    15Keen insight wins favor, but the conduct of the treacherous ends in destruction.

  • Ps 1:6
    75%

    6Certainly the LORD guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.

  • Prov 12:7-8
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    75%

    7The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.

    8A person will be praised in accordance with his wisdom, but the one with a bewildered mind will be despised.

  • Prov 12:26
    75%

    26The righteous person is cautious in his friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Prov 16:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

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

  • Prov 22:12
    74%

    12The eyes of the LORD watched over a cause, and subverted the words of the treacherous person.

  • Prov 1:32
    74%

    32For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.

  • Prov 11:11
    74%

    11A city is exalted by the blessing provided from the upright, but it is destroyed by the counsel of the wicked.

  • Prov 21:18
    74%

    18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous are taken in the place of the upright.

  • Prov 19:1
    74%

    1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

  • Job 17:8
    74%

    8Upright men are appalled at this; the innocent man is troubled with the godless.

  • Prov 21:12
    74%

    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

  • Ps 94:15
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    15For justice will prevail, and all the morally upright will be vindicated.

  • Ezek 33:18
    74%

    18When a righteous man turns from his godliness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.

  • Prov 10:2
    73%

    2Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Prov 3:32
    73%

    32for one who goes astray is an abomination to the LORD, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.

  • Prov 11:28
    73%

    28The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

  • Hos 14:9
    73%

    9Concluding Exhortation Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the LORD are right; the godly walk in them,but in them the rebellious stumble.

  • Prov 2:15
    73%

    15whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways;

  • Prov 2:13
    73%

    13who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,

  • Prov 14:19
    73%

    19Bad people have bowed before good people, and wicked people have bowed at the gates of someone righteous.

  • Prov 11:2
    73%

    2After pride came, disgrace followed; but wisdom came with humility.

  • Prov 10:31
    73%

    31The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.

  • Prov 2:20-22
    3 verses
    73%

    20So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.

    21For the upright will reside in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,

    22but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it.

  • Ps 37:17
    73%

    17for evil men will lose their power, but the LORD sustains the godly.

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 21:15
    73%

    15Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.

  • Prov 17:20
    73%

    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.