Proverbs 11 · Verse 3

Proverbs 11:3

The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

Proverbs 11:3, King James Version

Proverbs 11:3 in other translations

BSB	The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
WEB	The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
ASV	The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
YLT	The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.
DARBY	The integrity of the upright guideth them; but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroyeth them.
BBE	The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.
Webster	The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

3. guide--to lead, as a shepherd (Pr 6:7; Psa 78:52). perverseness--ill-nature. destroy--with violence.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

An honest man's principles are fixed, therefore his way is plain.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

תֻּמַּ֣תtu.Mat[the] integrity ofH8538

יְשָׁרִ֣יםye.sha.Rimupright [people]H3477

תַּנְחֵ֑םtan.Chemit guides themH5148

וְסֶ֖לֶףve.Se.lefand [the] crookedness ofH5558

בּוֹגְדִ֣יםbog.Dimtreacherous [people]H898

יְשָׁדֵּֽם\׃ye.sha.demit destroys themH7703

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Proverbs 28:18
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Proverbs 13:6
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
Psalms 25:21
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
Psalms 26:1
A Psalm of David. Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide.
Proverbs 19:3
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.
John 7:17
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Ecclesiastes 7:17
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
Isaiah 1:28
And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
Proverbs 21:7
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The integrity.
5; 13:6; Ps 25:21; 26:1; Joh 7:17
the perverseness.
21:7; 28:18; Ec 7:17; Isa 1:28

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Proverbs 11:2
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
Proverbs 11:3
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Proverbs 11:4
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	La integridad de los rectos los encaminará: mas destruirá á los pecadores la perversidad de ellos.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	L’intégrité des hommes droits les guide, mais la perversité des perfides les détruit.
German Elberfelder 1871	Die Unsträflichkeit der Aufrichtigen leitet sie, aber der Treulosen Verkehrtheit zerstört sie.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Simplicitas justorum diriget eos, et supplantatio perversorum vastabit illos.