Proverbs 11:3

Good News Translation

If you are good, you are guided by honesty. People who can't be trusted are destroyed by their own dishonesty.

Cross References

Psalm 25:21

May my goodness and honesty preserve me, because I trust in you.

Psalm 26:1

Declare me innocent, O Lord, because I do what is right and trust you completely.

Proverbs 11:5

Honesty makes a good person's life easier, but the wicked will cause their own downfall.

Proverbs 13:6

Righteousness protects the innocent; wickedness is the downfall of sinners.

Proverbs 19:3

Some people ruin themselves by their own stupid actions and then blame the Lord.

Proverbs 2:22

But God will snatch the wicked from the land and pull sinners out of it like plants from the ground.

Proverbs 21:7

The wicked are doomed by their own violence; they refuse to do what is right.

Proverbs 22:12

The Lord sees to it that truth is kept safe by disproving the words of liars.

Proverbs 28:18

Be honest and you will be safe. If you are dishonest, you will suddenly fall.

Ecclesiastes 7:17

But don't be too wicked or too foolish, either—why die before you have to?

Isaiah 1:28

But he will crush everyone who sins and rebels against him; he will kill everyone who forsakes him.

Numbers 31:8

including the five kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba. They also killed Balaam son of Beor.

John 7:17

Whoever is willing to do what God wants will know whether what I teach comes from God or whether I speak on my own authority.