Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.
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.
A Conservative Version
He who walks uprightly shall be delivered, but he who is perverse in [his] ways shall fall at once.
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.
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 One who has been the cause of a man's death will go in flight to the underworld: let no man give him help. 18 He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted. 19 By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 10:9
He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.
Proverbs 28:6
Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.
Numbers 22:32
And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why have you given your ass blows these three times? See, I have come out against you to keep you back, because your purpose is not pleasing to me.
Psalm 25:21
For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.
Psalm 26:11
But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.
Psalm 73:18-20
You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.
Psalm 84:11
The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.
Proverbs 10:25
When the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.
Proverbs 11:3-6
The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?
1 Thessalonians 5:3
When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.
2 Peter 2:1-3
But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.
Revelation 3:3
Keep in mind, then, the teaching which was given to you, and be ruled by it and have a change of heart. If then you do not keep watch, I will come like a thief, and you will have no knowledge of the hour when I will come on you.