The righteousness of the blameless clears his path, but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.
Proverbs 11:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the treacherous destroys them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: But the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the willful contrariness and crookedness of the treacherous shall destroy them. American Standard Version (1901) The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them. Common English Bible Integrity guides the virtuous, but dishonesty ruins the treacherous. Catholic Public Domain Version The simplicity of the just shall direct them, and the rebellion of the perverse will devastate them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The simplicity of the just shall guide them: and the deceitfulness of the wicked shall destroy them. |
The righteousness of the blameless clears his path, but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.
Righteousness guards people of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.
A person’s own foolishness leads him astray, yet his heart rages against the Lord.
but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous ripped out of it.
The violence of the wicked sweeps them away because they refuse to act justly.
The Lord’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the treacherous.
The one who lives with integrity will be helped, but one who distorts right and wrong will suddenly fall.
Don’t be excessively wicked, and don’t be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
At the same time both rebels and sinners will be broken, and those who abandon the Lord will perish.
Along with the others slain by them, they killed the Midianite kings #– #Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
If anyone wants to do his will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.