Proverbs 11:5

The English Standar Version

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. 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

No one is established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved.

Proverbs 13:6

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

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in his death.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.

Proverbs 21:29

A wicked man puts on a bold face, but the upright gives thought to[4] his ways.

Proverbs 28:18

Whoever walks in integrity will be delivered, but he who is crooked in his ways will suddenly fall.

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 held fast in the cords of his sin.

Isaiah 26:7

The path of the righteous is level; you make level the way of the righteous.

Hosea 5:5

The pride of Israel testifies to his face;[1] Israel and 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.