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Proverbs 11:5
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The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight, but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.
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Proverbs 11:5 in Other Translations
KJV
5
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
ESV
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The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.
NLT
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The godly are directed by honesty; the wicked fall beneath their load of sin.
MSG
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Moral character makes for smooth traveling; an evil life is a hard life.
CSB
5
The righteousness of the blameless clears his path, but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.
Proverbs 11:5 In-Context
3
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.
4
Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
5
The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight, but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.
6
The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.
7
Hopes placed in mortals die with them; all the promise of their power comes to nothing.
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S
1 Kings 8:36
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S ver 3;
Proverbs 5:21-23
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Proverbs 13:6
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Proverbs 21:7
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