5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.


In Context

2 When pride comes, then comes shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

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

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

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

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

7 When a wicked man dies, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perishes.

Proverbs 11:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:5The righteousness of the blameless makes a straight way for them, but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:5The justice of the upright shall make his way prosperous: and the wicked man shall fall by his own wickedness.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5The righteousness of the perfect maketh plain his way; but the wicked falleth by his own wickedness.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:5The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.