Proverbs 28:18

In 11 translations

BSB

He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.

KJV

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

WEB

Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

ASV

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

LSV

Whoever is walking uprightly is saved, || And the perverted of ways falls at once.

YLT

Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.

DBY

Whoso walketh in integrity shall be saved; but he that is perverted in [his] double ways, shall fall in one [of them].

DRC

He that walketh uprightly, shall be saved: he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

GNV

He that walketh vprightly, shalbe saued: but he that is froward in his wayes, shall once fall.

JPS

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved; but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

LXXE

He that walks justly is assisted: but he that walks in crooked ways shall be entangled therein.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

הוֹלֵ֣ךְ תָּ֭מִים יִוָּשֵׁ֑עַ וְנֶעְקַ֥שׁ דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִם יִפּ֥וֹל בְּאֶחָֽת׃

LXX-Br

Ὁ πορευόμενος δικαίως βεβοήθηται, ὁ δὲ σκολιαῖς ὁδοῖς πορευόμενος ἐμπλακήσεται.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 10:9He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
• Proverbs 28:6Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
• Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
• Revelation 3:3Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.
• Proverbs 11:3–6The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them. Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death. The righteousness of the blameless…
• Numbers 22:32The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
• Psalms 26:11But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
• 2 Peter 2:1–3Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction…
• Psalms 25:21May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
• Psalms 73:18–20Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors! Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
• Proverbs 10:25When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.
• Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
• Galatians 2:14When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live…

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