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Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

Proverbs 11:5 · Berean Standard Bible

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Proverbs 11:5 in other translations

KJV King James Version

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

WEB World English Bible

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

NHEB New Heart English Bible

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

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In context

2 When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.

3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.

4 Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

5 The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.

7 When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.

8 The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.

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