Proverbs 11:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:23

Now when Ahithophel saw that his suggestion was not acted on, he got his ass ready, and went back to his house, to the town where he came from, and having put his house in order, he put himself to death by hanging; so he came to his end and was put in the resting-place of his father.

Job 18:7

The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.

Proverbs 1:18

And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.

Proverbs 11:3

The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

Proverbs 12:3

No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.

Proverbs 13:6

Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

Proverbs 14:32

The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

Proverbs 15:19

Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.

Proverbs 21:29

The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

Proverbs 28:18

He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.

Proverbs 3:6

In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.

Proverbs 5:22

The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.

Isaiah 26:7

The way of the good man is straight; the road of the upright is made smooth by you.

Hosea 5:5

And the pride of Israel gives an answer to his face; and Ephraim will have a fall through his sins, and the fall of Judah will be the same as theirs.

Judges 20:41

And the men of Israel had made a turn about, and the men of Benjamin were overcome with fear, for they saw that evil had overtaken them.