Proverbs 11:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵ The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ The righteousness of the blameless shall rectify and make plain their way and keep it straight, but the wicked shall fall by their own wickedness.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

Common English Bible

⁵ The righteousness of the innocent makes their path straight, but the wicked fall in their wickedness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ The justice of the simple shall direct his way. And the impious will fall in his impiety.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ The justice of the upright shall make his way prosperous: and the wicked man shall fall by his own wickedness.

Proverbs 11:5 Cross References

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and went off home to his own city. And he set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.

Job 18:7

His strong steps are shortened and his own schemes throw him down.

Proverbs 1:18

but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they set an ambush for their own lives.

Proverbs 11:3

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

Proverbs 12:3

A man is not established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved.

Proverbs 13:6

Righteousness guards him whose way is upright, but sin overthrows the wicked.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is overthrown through his evil-doing, but the righteous finds refuge through his integrity.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of a sluggard is overgrown with thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.

Proverbs 21:29

A wicked man puts on a bold face, but an upright man considers his ways.

Proverbs 28:18

He who walks in integrity will be delivered, but he who is perverse in his ways will fall into a pit.

Proverbs 3:6

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Proverbs 5:22

The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is caught in the toils of his sin.

Isaiah 26:7

The way of the righteous is level; thou dost make smooth the path of the righteous.

Hosea 5:5

The pride of Israel testifies to his face; Ephraim shall stumble in his guilt; Judah also shall stumble with them.

Judges 20:41

Then the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed, for they saw that disaster was close upon them.