Verse 5

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

Referenced Verses

• 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 got him 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 had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage. 5 Then spoke the king Ahasuerus and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that 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: and 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 was fallen on the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. 9 Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains who were before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, stands in the house of Haman. The king said, Hang him thereon. 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 direct your paths.