Proverbs 28:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Honesty will keep you safe, but everyone who is crooked will suddenly fall.

Cross References

Psalm 125:5

When the LORD punishes the wicked, he will punish everyone else who lives a crooked life. Pray for peace in Israel!

Psalm 25:21

I obey you with all my heart, and I trust you, knowing that you will save me.

Psalm 26:11

I stay true to myself. Be kind and rescue me.

Psalm 84:11

Our LORD and our God, you are like the sun and also like a shield. You treat us with kindness and with honour, never denying any good thing to those who live right.

Proverbs 10:25

Those crooks will disappear when a storm strikes, but God will keep safe all who obey him.

Proverbs 10:27

If you respect the LORD, you will live longer; if you keep doing wrong, your life will be cut short.

Proverbs 10:9

You will be safe, if you always do right, but you will get caught, if you are dishonest.

Proverbs 28:10

By leading good people to sin, you dig a pit for yourself, but all who live right will have a bright future.

Proverbs 28:6

It's better to be poor and live right, than to be rich and dishonest.

Numbers 22:21

So Balaam got up the next morning and saddled his donkey, then left with the Moabite officials.

Numbers 22:32

The angel said, “You had no right to treat your donkey like that! I was the one who blocked your way, because I don't think you should go to Moab.

Numbers 22:35

“It's all right for you to go,” the LORD's angel answered. “But you must say only what I tell you.” So Balaam went on with Balak's officials.

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they were not really obeying the truth that is in the good news, I corrected Peter in front of everyone and said: Peter, you are a Jew, but you live like a Gentile. So how can you force Gentiles to live like Jews?

1 Thessalonians 5:3

People will think they are safe and secure. But destruction will suddenly strike them like the pains of a woman about to give birth. And they won't escape.

Revelation 3:3

Remember the teaching that you were given and that you heard. Hold firmly to it and turn from your sins. If you don't wake up, I will come when you least expect it, just as a thief does.