Proverbs 28:18

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:9 : 9 The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.
  • Prov 28:6 : 6 A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.
  • Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I saw that they were not behaving consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all,“If you, although you are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 Now when they are saying,“There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.
  • 2 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 The False Teachers’ Ungodly Lifestyle But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves. 2 And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. Because of these false teachers, the way of truth will be slandered. 3 And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.
  • Rev 3:3 : 3 Therefore, remember what you received and heard, and obey it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come against you.
  • Num 22:32 : 32 The angel of the LORD said to him,“Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Look, I came out to oppose you because what you are doing is perverse before me.
  • Ps 25:21 : 21 May integrity and godliness protect me, for I rely on you!
  • Ps 26:11 : 11 But I have integrity! Rescue me and have mercy on me!
  • Ps 73:18-20 : 18 Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin. 19 How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete! 20 They are like a dream after one wakes up. O Lord, when you awake you will despise them.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 For the LORD God is our sovereign protector. The LORD bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.
  • Ps 125:5 : 5 As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the LORD remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace!
  • Prov 10:25 : 25 When the storm passes through, the wicked are swept away, but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.
  • Prov 11:3-6 : 3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them. 4 Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. 5 The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness. 6 The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 10:9
    84%

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

  • Prov 28:10
    81%

    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 11:3
    80%

    3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

  • Prov 11:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

    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
    78%

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

  • 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 14:2
    77%

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

  • Prov 10:29
    76%

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

  • 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.

  • Hos 14:9
    74%

    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 21:8
    74%

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

  • Prov 2:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    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,

  • Prov 21:29
    74%

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

  • Prov 11:18-20
    3 verses
    73%

    18The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

    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.

  • Prov 24:16
    73%

    16Indeed a righteous person will fall seven times, and then get up again, but the guilty will collapse in calamity.

  • Job 18:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down.

    8For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.

  • Ezek 33:18
    73%

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

  • Prov 2:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,

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

  • Prov 12:28
    73%

    28In the path of righteousness there is life, but another path leads to death.

  • Prov 11:28
    73%

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

  • Prov 2:15
    73%

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

  • 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.

  • Prov 28:17
    73%

    17The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.

  • Ezek 18:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26When a righteous person turns back from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing, he will die for it; because of the wrongdoing he has done, he will die.

    27When a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life.

  • Prov 21:18
    72%

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

  • Prov 3:23
    72%

    23Then you will walk on your way with security, and you will not stumble.

  • Ps 15:2
    72%

    2Whoever lives a blameless life, does what is right, and speaks honestly.

  • Prov 22:5
    72%

    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

  • Prov 28:14
    72%

    14Blessed is the one who is always cautious, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into evil.

  • Prov 28:26
    72%

    26The one who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but the one who walks in wisdom will escape.

  • Ps 37:38
    71%

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

  • Ps 1:6
    71%

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

  • Isa 26:7
    71%

    7God’s People Anticipate Vindication The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.

  • Prov 4:19
    71%

    19The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.

  • Prov 14:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    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 26:27
    71%

    27The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone– it will come back on him.

  • Prov 12:7
    71%

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

  • Prov 29:1
    71%

    1The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

  • Prov 19:1
    71%

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

  • Prov 29:6
    71%

    6In the transgression of an evil person there is a snare, but a righteous person can sing and rejoice.

  • Prov 28:20
    71%

    20A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.