But those who turn aside to their own crooked ways, the Lord will lead away with evildoers. Peace be upon Israel!
Proverbs 28:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 One who walks in integrity will be safe, but whoever follows crooked ways will fall into the Pit. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: But he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who walks uprightly shall be safe, but he who willfully goes in double and wrong ways shall fall in one of them. American Standard Version (1901) Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. Common English Bible Those who walk in innocence will be saved, but those who go on twisted paths will fall into the grave. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever walks simply shall be saved. Whoever is perverse in his steps will fall all at once. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that walketh uprightly, shall be saved: he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. |
But those who turn aside to their own crooked ways, the Lord will lead away with evildoers. Peace be upon Israel!
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly.
When the tempest passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are established forever.
The fear of the Lord prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be short.
Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever follows perverse ways will be found out.
Those who mislead the upright into evil ways will fall into pits of their own making, but the blameless will have a goodly inheritance.
Better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be crooked in one’s ways even though rich.
So Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the officials of Moab.
The angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? I have come out as an adversary because your way is perverse before me.
The angel of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but speak only what I tell you to speak.” So Balaam went on with the officials of Balak.
But when I saw that they were not acting consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the gentiles to live like Jews?”
When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape!
Remember, then, what you received and heard; obey it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.