Proverbs 11:5

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Prov 5:22 : 22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
  • Prov 11:3 : 3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
  • Matt 27:4-5 : 4 saying, "I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? You see to it." 5 He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself.
  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and went home, to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.
  • Esth 7:3-9 : 3 Then Esther the queen answered, "If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request. 4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondservants and bondmaids, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's loss." 5 Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, "Who is he, and where is he who dared presume in his heart to do so?" 6 Esther said, "An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman!" Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. 7 The king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden. Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king. 8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman had fallen on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, "Will he even assault the queen in front of me in the house?" As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. 9 Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were with the king said, "Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, is standing at Haman's house." The king said, "Hang him on it!" 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
  • Ps 9:15-16 : 15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken. 16 Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
  • Prov 1:31-32 : 31 Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes. 32 For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.
  • Prov 3:6 : 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

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  • Prov 11:3-4
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    10 Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.

  • Prov 11:18-19
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    18 Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

    19 He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.

  • Prov 28:18
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    18 Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

  • Prov 11:8
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    8 A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.

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

  • Ps 1:5-6
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  • Prov 10:29-30
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    29 The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

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    9 He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7 The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • Prov 11:28
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    28 He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

  • Prov 29:16
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    16 When the wicked increase, sin increases; but the righteous will see their downfall.

  • Ezek 33:18
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    18 When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die therein.

  • Prov 24:16
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    16 for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32 The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

  • Prov 21:7-8
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    7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

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  • Prov 10:2-3
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    2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

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  • Prov 14:11-12
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    11 The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

    12 There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

  • Prov 12:5
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    5 The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

  • Prov 4:18-19
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    18 But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.

    19 The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.

  • Prov 5:22
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    22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

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

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

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    16 The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

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    21 No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

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    26 When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies therein; in his iniquity that he has done shall he die.

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    23 The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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    13 An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

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    26 Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

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    31 Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner!

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    19 The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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

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    11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.

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    29 A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

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    12 You, son of man, tell the children of your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his disobedience; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither shall he who is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sins.

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    7 The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.