Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
KJV
Justitia simplicis diriget viam ejus, et in impietate sua corruet impius.
Vulgate
δικαιοσύνη ἀμώμους ὀρθοτομεῖ ὁδούς, ἀσέβεια δὲ περιπίπτει ἀδικίᾳ.
LXX
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
ASV
צִדְקַ֣ת תָּ֭מִים תְּיַשֵּׁ֣ר דַּרְכּ֑/וֹ וּ֝/בְ/רִשְׁעָת֗/וֹ יִפֹּ֥ל רָשָֽׁע
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
יָשַׁ֥ר
yshr
verb · 28×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
צְדָקָ֖ה
tsdqh
noun · 157×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
רִשְׁעָ֔ה
rsh'h
noun · 14×
תְּמִימִֽם
tmymm
adjective · 90×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
What is justice? Is justice always towards another? Is it a virtue? Is it in the will as its subject? Is it a general virtue? As a general virtue, is it essentially the same as every virtue? Is there a particular justice? Does particular justice have a matter of its own? Is it about passions, or about operations only? Is the mean of justice the real mean? Is the act of justice …
Cross-references
- Esth 7:9 — And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of H
- Prov 5:22 — His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
- Prov 5:22 — His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
- Prov 11:3 — The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
- Prov 13:6 — Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
- Prov 21:29 — A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
- Ps 9:15 — The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.