Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The righteousness of the innocent creates a level path, but the wicked fall by their wickedness.
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Holman Bible
but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.
A Conservative Version
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way, but the wicked man shall fall by his own wickedness.
American Standard Version
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Amplified
The righteousness of the blameless will smooth their way and keep it straight,
But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
Bible in Basic English
The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.
Darby Translation
The righteousness of the perfect maketh plain his way; but the wicked falleth by his own wickedness.
Julia Smith Translation
The justice of the blameless shall make straight his way, and in his injustice the unjust shall fall.
King James 2000
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The righteousness of the blameless will keep his ways straight, but the wicked will fall by his wickedness.
Modern King James verseion
The righteousness of the perfect shall make his way right, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The righteousness of the innocent ordereth his way; but the ungodly shall fall in his own wickedness.
NET Bible
The righteousness of the blameless will make straight their way, but the wicked person will fall by his own wickedness.
New Heart English Bible
The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
The Emphasized Bible
The righteousness of the blameless, shall smooth his way, but, by his own lawlessness, shall the lawless one, fall.
Webster
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
World English Bible
The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Youngs Literal Translation
The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.
Themes
Business life » Debts » Suretyship, (indorsement), the dangers of
Credit system » Debts » Suretyship, (indorsement), the dangers of
Insecurity of the wicked » Fall of the wicked foretold
Righteousness » Keep saints in the right way
Suretyship » Suretyship, (endorsement), the dangers of
The fruit of righteousness » The righteousness of the perfect
Interlinear
Yashar
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 11:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
4 Wealth won't help in the time of judgment, but righteousness will deliver from death. 5 The righteousness of the innocent creates a level path, but the wicked fall by their wickedness. 6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are trapped by their evil desires.
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 5:22
The wicked person's iniquities will capture him, and he will be held with the cords of his sin.
2 Samuel 17:23
Meanwhile, when Ahithophel observed that his counsel was not being acted upon, he saddled his donkey, got up, and left for his hometown. Leaving behind a set of orders for his household, he hanged himself. After his death he was buried in his father's tomb.
Esther 7:3-10
Queen Esther answered: "If I've found favor with you, your majesty, and if it seems good to the king, let my life be given to me as my petition and my people as my request.
Psalm 9:15-16
The nations have sunk down into the pit they made, their feet are ensnared in the trap they set.
Proverbs 1:31-32
They will eat the fruit of their way, and they will be filled with their own devices.
Proverbs 3:6
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 11:3
The integrity of the righteous guides them, but the hypocrisy of the treacherous destroys them.
Matthew 27:4-5
saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood."