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Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the blameless, shall smooth his way, but, by his own lawlessness, shall the lawless one, fall.
Proverbs 11:5 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Proverbs 11:5 in other translations
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
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 cometh, then cometh contempt, but, with the modest, is wisdom.
3 The integrity of the upright, shall guide them, but, the crookedness of the treacherous, shall be their ruin.
4 Wealth, shall not profit, in the day of wrath, but, righteousness, shall deliver from death.
5 The righteousness of the blameless, shall smooth his way, but, by his own lawlessness, shall the lawless one, fall.
6 The righteousness of the upright, shall deliver them, but, by their own craving, shall the treacherous be captured.
7 When the lawless man dieth, his expectation, perisheth, and, the hope of strong men, hath vanished.
8 The righteous man, out of distress, is delivered, then cometh a lawless man into his place.
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