Proverbs 28 · Verse 18

Proverbs 28:18

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Proverbs 28:18, King James Version

Proverbs 28:18 in other translations

BSBHe who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.
WEBWhoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.
ASVWhoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
YLTWhoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.
DARBYWhoso walketh in integrity shall be saved; but he that is perverted in his double ways, shall fall in one of them.
BBEHe whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.
WebsterHe who walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

What does Proverbs 28:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. (Compare Pr 10:9; 17:20). Double dealing is eventually fatal.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 Shall fall at once - Shall fall without resource, altogether.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Uprightness will give men holy security in the worst times; but the false and dishonest are never safe.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 28:18 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.

הוֹלֵ֣ךְho.Lekh[one who] walksH1980
תָּ֭מִיםTa.mimblamelessH8549
יִוָּשֵׁ֑עַyi.va.She.a'he will be deliveredH3467
וְנֶעְקַ֥שׁve.ne'.Kashand [one who] is crooked ofH6140
דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִםde.ra.Kha.yimtwo waysH1870
יִפּ֥וֹלyi.Polhe will fallH5307
בְּאֶחָֽת\׃be.'e.Chatat oneH259

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

Cross references for Proverbs 28:18

  • Proverbs 10:9

    He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

  • Proverbs 28:6

    Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  • Revelation 3:3

    Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

  • Psalms 84:11

    For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

  • Proverbs 11:3-6

    The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

  • Numbers 22:32

    And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:

  • Psalms 25:21

    Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

  • Psalms 26:11

    But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

  • 2 Peter 2:1-3

    But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

  • Psalms 125:5

    As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3

    For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

  • Psalms 73:18-20

    Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
walketh.
10:9,25; 11:3-6; Ps 25:21; 26:11; 84:11; Ga 2:14
but.
6; Nu 22:32; Ps 73:18-20; 125:5; 1Th 5:3; 2Pe 2:1-3; Re 3:3

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Context

  • Proverbs 28:17

    A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

  • Proverbs 28:18

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

  • Proverbs 28:19

    He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

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Proverbs 28:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El que en integridad camina, será salvo; mas el de perversos caminos caerá en alguno.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Qui marche dans l’intégrité sera sauvé, mais qui suit tortueusement deux voies tombera une fois pour toutes.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wer vollkommen wandelt, wird gerettet werden; wer aber verkehrt auf zwei Wegen geht, wird auf einmal fallen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Qui ambulat simpliciter salvus erit; qui perversis graditur viis concidet semel.