Proverbs 11:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.
  • Prov 11:3 : 3 The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.
  • Matt 27:4-5 : 4 `I did sin, having delivered up innocent blood;' and they said, `What -- to us? thou shalt see!' 5 and having cast down the silverlings in the sanctuary, he departed, and having gone away, he did strangle himself.
  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And Ahithophel hath seen that his counsel was not done, and he saddleth the ass, and riseth and goeth unto his house, unto his city, and giveth charge unto his household, and strangleth himself, and dieth, and he is buried in the burying-place of his father.
  • Esth 7:3-9 : 3 And Esther the queen answereth and saith, `If I have found grace in thine eyes, O king, and if to the king `it be' good, let my life be given to me at my petition, and my people at my request; 4 for we have been sold, I and my people, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy; and if for men-servants and for maid-servants we had been sold I had kept silent -- but the adversity is not equal to the loss of the king.' 5 And the king Ahasuerus saith, yea, he saith to Esther the queen, `Who `is' he -- this one? and where `is' this one? -- he whose heart hath filled him to do so?' 6 And Esther saith, `The man -- adversary and enemy -- `is' this wicked Haman;' and Haman hath been afraid at the presence of the king and of the queen. 7 And the king hath risen, in his fury, from the banquet of wine, unto the garden of the house, and Haman hath remained to seek for his life from Esther the queen, for he hath seen that evil hath been determined against him by the king. 8 And the king hath turned back out of the garden of the house unto the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman is falling on the couch on which Esther `is', and the king saith, `Also to subdue the queen with me in the house?' the word hath gone out from the mouth of the king, and the face of Haman they have covered. 9 And Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, saith before the king, `Also lo, the tree that Haman made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, is standing in the house of Haman, in height fifty cubits;' and the king saith, `Hang him upon it.' 10 And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.
  • Ps 9:15-16 : 15 Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured. 16 Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah.
  • Prov 1:31-32 : 31 And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled. 32 For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.
  • Prov 3:6 : 6 In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 11:6
    87%

    6The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.

  • Prov 13:6
    83%

    6Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.

  • Prov 11:3-4
    2 verses
    82%

    3The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.

    4Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.

  • Prov 28:10
    81%

    10Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.

  • Prov 11:18-19
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    78%

    18The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.

    19Rightly `is' righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil -- for his own death.

  • Prov 28:18
    78%

    18Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.

  • Prov 11:8
    78%

    8The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.

  • Prov 12:26
    78%

    26The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

  • Ps 1:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

    5Therefore the wicked rise not in judgment, Nor sinners in the company of the righteous,

    6For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!

  • Prov 10:29-30
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    77%

    29The way of Jehovah `is' strength to the perfect, And ruin to workers of iniquity.

    30The righteous to the age is not moved, And the wicked inhabit not the earth.

  • Prov 10:9
    77%

    9Whoso is walking in integrity walketh confidently, And whoso is perverting his ways is known.

  • Prov 12:7
    77%

    7Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth.

  • Prov 11:28
    77%

    28Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.

  • Prov 29:16
    77%

    16In the multiplying of the wicked transgression multiplieth, And the righteous on their fall do look.

  • Ezek 33:18
    76%

    18In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity -- he dieth for it.

  • Prov 24:16
    76%

    16For seven `times' doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil.

  • Prov 21:12
    76%

    12The Righteous One is acting wisely Towards the house of the wicked, He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness.

  • Prov 14:32
    76%

    32In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death `is' the righteous.

  • Prov 21:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

    8Froward `is' the way of a man who is vile, And the pure -- upright `is' his work.

  • Prov 10:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death.

    3Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away.

  • Prov 14:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.

    12There is a way -- right before a man, And its latter end `are' ways of death.

  • Prov 12:5
    75%

    5The thoughts of the righteous `are' justice, The counsels of the wicked -- deceit.

  • Prov 4:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18And the path of the righteous `is' as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,

    19The way of the wicked `is' as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.

  • Prov 5:22
    75%

    22His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.

  • Prov 2:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.

    21For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,

  • Prov 10:16
    75%

    16The wage of the righteous `is' for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.

  • Prov 12:21
    75%

    21No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.

  • Prov 12:28
    75%

    28In the path of righteousness `is' life, And in the way of `that' path `is' no death!

  • Ezek 18:26
    74%

    26In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, And he is dying by them, for his perversity That he hath done he dieth.

  • Prov 11:23
    74%

    23The desire of the righteous `is' only good, The hope of the wicked `is' transgression.

  • Prov 12:13
    74%

    13In transgression of the lips `is' the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.

  • Prov 25:26
    74%

    26A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, `Is' the righteous falling before the wicked.

  • Hos 14:9
    74%

    9Who `is' wise, and doth understand these? Prudent, and knoweth them? For upright are the ways of Jehovah, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein!

  • Prov 11:31
    74%

    31Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!

  • Prov 14:19
    74%

    19The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Job 18:7
    74%

    7Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel.

  • Isa 5:23
    74%

    23Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.

  • Isa 3:11
    74%

    11Wo to the wicked -- evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.

  • Prov 21:29
    74%

    29A wicked man hath hardened by his face, And the upright -- he prepareth his way.

  • Ezek 33:12
    73%

    12And thou, son of man, say unto the sons of thy people: The righteousness of the righteous doth not deliver him in the day of his transgression, And the wickedness of the wicked, He doth not stumble for it in the day of his turning from his wickedness, And the righteous is not able to live in it in the day of his sinning.

  • Isa 26:7
    73%

    7The path for the righteous `is' uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder.