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Proverbs 28:18

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

KJV

Qui ambulat simpliciter salvus erit ; qui perversis graditur viis concidet semel.

Vulgate

ὁ πορευόμενος δικαίως βεβοήθηται, ὁ δὲ σκολιαῖς ὁδοῖς πορευόμενος ἐμπλακήσεται.

LXX

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

ASV

הוֹלֵ֣ךְ תָּ֭מִים יִוָּשֵׁ֑עַ וְ/נֶעְקַ֥שׁ דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִם יִפּ֥וֹל בְּ/אֶחָֽת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
נִי
ny
verb · 204×
עִקְּשׁ֣וּ
'qshv
verb · 5×
תְּמִימִֽם
tmymm
adjective · 90×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 9:4 — And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:
  • 1Thess 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.
  • 2Pet 2:1 — 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 up
  • Esth 6:13 — And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast
  • Gal 2:14 — But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews
  • Luke 6:49 — But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that h
  • Mic 2:7 — O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
  • Num 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:
  • Num 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:
  • Prov 2:7 — He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
  • Prov 10:9 — He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
  • Prov 10:9 — He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
  • Prov 10:25 — As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
  • Prov 11:3 — The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
  • Prov 11:3 — The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
  • Prov 28:6 — Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
  • Prov 28:6 — Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
  • Prov 29:1 — He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
  • Ps 7:10 — My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
  • Ps 15:2 — He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
  • Ps 25:21 — Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
  • Ps 26:11 — But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
  • Ps 73:18 — Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 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.
  • Rev 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 th