Proverbs 11 · Verse 5

Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Proverbs 11:5, King James Version

Proverbs 11:5 in other translations

BSBThe righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
WEBThe righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
ASVThe righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
YLTThe righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.
DARBYThe righteousness of the perfect maketh plain his way; but the wicked falleth by his own wickedness.
BBEThe righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.
WebsterThe righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

What does Proverbs 11:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. direct--or, "make plain"; wicked ways are not plain (Pr 13:17).

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 11:5-6
The ways of wickedness are dangerous. And sin will be its own punishment.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 11:5 in the original Hebrew

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.

צִדְקַ֣תtzid.Kat[the] righteousness ofH6666
תָּ֭מִיםTa.mima blameless [person]H8549
תְּיַשֵּׁ֣רte.ya.Sherit makes straightH3474
דַּרְכּ֑וֹdar.Koway hisH1870
וּ֝בְרִשְׁעָת֗וֹu.ve.rish.'a.Toand by wickedness hisH7564
יִפֹּ֥לyi.Polhe fallsH5307
רָשָֽׁע\׃ra.Sha'a wicked [person]H7563

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

Cross references for Proverbs 11:5

  • Proverbs 5:22

    His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

  • Psalms 9:15-16

    The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

  • Proverbs 3:6

    In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

  • Esther 7:3-10

    Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage. Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. …

  • Proverbs 1:31-32

    Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

  • Matthew 27:4-5

    Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

  • Proverbs 11:3

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
direct. Heb. rectify.
3; 1:31,32; 5:22; 2Sa 17:23; Es 7:3-10; Ps 9:15,16; Mt 27:4,5

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

Context

  • Proverbs 11:4

    Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

  • Proverbs 11:5

    The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

  • Proverbs 11:6

    The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

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Proverbs 11:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		La justicia del perfecto enderezará su camino: mas el impío por su impiedad caerá.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		La justice de l’homme intègre rend droite sa voie, mais le méchant tombe par sa méchanceté.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Des Vollkommenen Gerechtigkeit macht seinen Weg gerade, aber der Gesetzlose fällt durch seine Gesetzlosigkeit.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Justitia simplicis diriget viam ejus, et in impietate sua corruet impius.