Proverbs 11:3

New International Reader's Version

Those who do what is right are guided by their honest lives. But those who aren’t faithful are destroyed by their lies.

Cross References

Psalm 25:21

May my honest and good life keep me safe. Lord, I have put my hope in you.

Psalm 26:1

Lord, when you hand down your sentence, let it be in my favor. I have lived without blame. I have trusted in the Lord. I have never doubted him.

Proverbs 11:5

The ways of honest people are made straight because they do what is right. But those who do what is wrong are brought down by their own sins.

Proverbs 13:6

Doing right guards those who are honest. But evil destroys those who are sinful.

Proverbs 19:3

A person’s own foolish acts destroy their life. But their heart is angry with the Lord.

Proverbs 2:22

But sinners will be cut off from the land. Those who aren’t faithful will be torn away from it.

Proverbs 21:7

The harmful things that evil people do will drag them away. They refuse to do what is right.

Proverbs 22:12

The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge. But he does away with the words of those who aren’t faithful.

Proverbs 28:18

Anyone who lives without blame is kept safe. But anyone whose path is crooked will fall into the pit.

Ecclesiastes 7:17

Don’t be too sinful. And don’t be foolish. Why die before your time comes?

Isaiah 1:28

But sinners and those who refuse to obey the Lord will be destroyed. And those who desert the Lord will die.

Numbers 31:8

Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba were among the men they killed. Those men were the five kings of Midian. The Israelites also killed Balaam with their swords. Balaam was the son of Beor.

John 7:17

Here is how someone can find out whether my teaching comes from God or from me. That person must choose to do what God wants them to do.