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Proverbs 28:18

He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.

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ASV

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

KJV

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

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Original language & word study

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הוֹלֵ֣ךְho.Lekh[one who] walksH1980 →
תָּ֭מִיםTa.mimblamelessH8549 →
יִוָּשֵׁ֑עַyi.va.She.a'he will be deliveredH3467 →
וְנֶעְקַ֥שׁve.ne'.Kashand [one who] is crooked ofH6140 →
דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִםde.ra.Kha.yimtwo waysH1870 →
יִפּ֥וֹלyi.Polhe will fallH5307 →
בְּאֶחָֽת׃be.'e.Chatat oneH259 →

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Psalms 15:2He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.Proverbs 10:9He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.Proverbs 28:6Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.Esther 6:13Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”Psalms 7:10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.Revelation 3:3Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.Proverbs 11:3–6The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.Proverbs 2:7He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,Numbers 22:32The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.Proverbs 10:25When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.2 Peter 2:1–3Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.Psalms 25:21May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.Psalms 73:18–20Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.Psalms 26:11But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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