Parallel Verses

NET Bible

The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once.

New American Standard Bible

He who walks blamelessly will be delivered,
But he who is crooked will fall all at once.

King James Version

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

Holman Bible

The one who lives with integrity will be helped,
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.

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.

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
הלך 
Halak 
go, walk, come, ...away, ...along,
Usage: 1545

ישׁע 
Yasha` 
Usage: 205

but he that is perverse
עקשׁ 
`aqash 
Usage: 5

in his ways
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

Context Readings

All About Life

17 The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him. 18 The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once. 19 The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.



Cross References

Proverbs 10:9

The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.

Proverbs 28:6

A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

Numbers 22:32

The angel of the Lord said to him, "Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Look, I came out to oppose you because what you are doing is perverse before me.

Psalm 25:21

May integrity and godliness protect me, for I rely on you!

Psalm 26:11

But I have integrity! Rescue me and have mercy on me!

Psalm 73:18-20

Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.

Psalm 125:5

As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the Lord remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace!

Proverbs 10:25

When the storm passes through, the wicked are swept away, but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.

Proverbs 11:3-6

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroys them.

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they were not behaving consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, "If you, although you are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to force the Gentiles to live like Jews?"

1 Thessalonians 5:3

Now when they are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.

2 Peter 2:1-3

But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves.

Revelation 3:3

Therefore, remember what you received and heard, and obey it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come against you.

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