Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
He who walks uprightly shall be delivered, but he who is perverse in [his] ways shall fall at once.
New American Standard Bible
But he who is
King James Version
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Holman Bible
but one who distorts right and wrong
will suddenly fall.
International Standard Version
Whoever lives blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverted will fall without warning.
American Standard Version
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Amplified
He who walks blamelessly and uprightly will be kept safe,
But he who is crooked (perverse) will suddenly fall.
Bible in Basic English
He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.
Darby Translation
Whoso walketh in integrity shall be saved; but he that is perverted in his double ways, shall fall in one of them.
Julia Smith Translation
He going uprightly shall be saved; and he being violent in the ways shall fall at once.
King James 2000
Whosoever walks uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He who walks in integrity will be safe, but he who takes crooked paths will fall in one.
Modern King James verseion
Whoever walks uprightly shall be saved; but he who is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whoso leadeth a godly and an innocent life, shall be safe; but he that goeth froward ways, shall once have a fall.
NET Bible
The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once.
New Heart English Bible
Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.
The Emphasized Bible
He that walketh with integrity, shall be saved, but, he that is crooked, turning two ways, shall fall in one.
Webster
He who walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
World English Bible
Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.
Youngs Literal Translation
Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.
Interlinear
Tamiym
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 28:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
17 A man who is laden with the blood of any person shall flee to the pit. Let no man stay him. 18 He who walks uprightly shall be delivered, but he who is perverse in [his] ways shall fall at once. 19 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows after vanity shall have poverty enough.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 10:9
He who walks uprightly walks securely, but he who perverts his ways shall be known.
Proverbs 28:6
Better is the poor man who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.
Numbers 22:32
And the agent of LORD said to him, Why have thou smitten thy donkey these three times? Behold, I have come forth as an adversary, because thy way is perverse before me.
Psalm 25:21
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for thee.
Psalm 26:11
But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.
Psalm 73:18-20
Surely thou set them in slippery places. Thou cast them down to destruction.
Psalm 84:11
For LORD God is a sun and a shield. LORD will give grace and glory. He will withhold no good thing from those who walk uprightly.
Psalm 125:5
But as for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, LORD will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
Proverbs 10:25
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked man is no more, but the righteous man is an everlasting foundation.
Proverbs 11:3-6
The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they did not walk uprightly toward the truth of the good-news, I said to Peter before all, If thou being a Jew, live as a Gentile and not as a Jew, why do thou compel the Gentiles to live as Jews?
1 Thessalonians 5:3
For when they say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction approaches them, as the woman having birth pangs in her womb, and they will, no, not escape.
2 Peter 2:1-3
But FALSE prophets also developed among the people, as FALSE teachers will also be among you, who will sneak in pernicious denominations, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
Revelation 3:3
Remember therefore how thou have received and heard, and be on guard, and repent. If therefore thou will not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou will, no, not know what hour I will come upon thee.