Proverbs 11:5

The Passion Translation

Those with good character walk on a smooth path, with no detour or deviation. But the wicked keep falling because of their own wickedness.

Cross References

Proverbs 5:22

Beware that your sins don’t overtake you and that the scars of your own conscience don’t become the ropes that tie you up.

Proverbs 11:3

Integrity will lead you to success, but treachery will destroy your dreams.

Proverbs 3:6

Become intimate with him in whatever you do, and he will lead you wherever you go.

Judges 20:41

When the men of Israel turned back, the men of Benjamin saw that disaster had come upon them, and they panicked.

Proverbs 12:3

You can’t expect success by doing what’s wrong. But the lives of his lovers are deeply rooted and firmly planted.

Proverbs 21:29

The wicked are shameless and stubborn, but the lovers of God have a holy confidence.

Proverbs 1:18

They’ll resort to murder to steal their victim’s assets, but eventually it will be their own lives that are ambushed.

Proverbs 13:6

Righteousness is like a shield of protection, guarding those who keep their integrity, but sin is the downfall of the wicked.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked are crushed by every calamity, but the righteous find a strong hope in the time of death.

Proverbs 15:19

Nothing seems to work right for the lazy man, but life seems smooth and easy when your heart is virtuous.

Proverbs 28:18

The pure will be rescued from failure, but the perverse will suddenly fall into ruin.

Isaiah 26:7

The path of the righteous is smooth and level; God, the Just One, you make a clear path for them.