Proverbs 28:18

World English Bible (2000)

Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:9 : 9 He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
  • Prov 28:6 : 6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.
  • Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I saw that they didn't walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter before them all, "If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 For when they are saying, "Peace and safety," then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.
  • 2 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction. 2 Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned. 3 In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn't linger, and their destruction will not slumber.
  • Rev 3:3 : 3 Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If therefore you won't watch, I will come as a thief, and you won't know what hour I will come upon you.
  • Num 22:32 : 32 The angel of Yahweh said to him, "Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come forth as an adversary, because your way is perverse before me:
  • Ps 25:21 : 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for 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 throw them down to destruction. 19 How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors. 20 As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
  • Ps 125:5 : 5 But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel. A Song of Ascents.
  • Prov 10:25 : 25 When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.
  • Prov 11:3-6 : 3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them. 4 Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. 5 The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. 6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 10:9
    84%

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

  • Prov 28:10
    81%

    10Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.

  • Prov 11:3
    80%

    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

  • Prov 11:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

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

    6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

  • Prov 13:6
    78%

    6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 28:6
    78%

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

  • Prov 14:2
    77%

    2He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

  • Prov 10:29
    76%

    29The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 16:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Hos 14:9
    74%

    9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.

  • Prov 21:8
    74%

    8The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

  • Prov 2:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    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. The perfect will remain in it.

  • Prov 21:29
    74%

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

  • Prov 11:18-20
    3 verses
    73%

    18Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

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

    20Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.

  • Prov 24:16
    73%

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

  • Job 18:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

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

    8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.

  • Ezek 33:18
    73%

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

  • Prov 2:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;

    13who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

  • Prov 12:28
    73%

    28In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.

  • Prov 11:28
    73%

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

  • Prov 2:15
    73%

    15who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths:

  • Prov 17:20
    73%

    20One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 28:17
    73%

    17A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; no one will support him.

  • Ezek 18:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

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

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

  • Prov 21:18
    72%

    18The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.

  • Prov 3:23
    72%

    23Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won't stumble.

  • Ps 15:2
    72%

    2He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;

  • Prov 22:5
    72%

    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

  • Prov 28:14
    72%

    14Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

  • Prov 28:26
    72%

    26One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.

  • Ps 37:38
    71%

    38As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Ps 1:6
    71%

    6For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

  • Isa 26:7
    71%

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

  • Prov 4:19
    71%

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

  • Prov 14:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

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

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

  • Prov 26:27
    71%

    27Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

  • Prov 12:7
    71%

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

  • Prov 29:1
    71%

    1He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.

  • Prov 19:1
    71%

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

  • Prov 29:6
    71%

    6An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.

  • Prov 28:20
    71%

    20A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.