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Christian Standard Bible ®

Proverbs 11:3

The integrity of the upright guides them,but the perversity of the treacherous destroys them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Impenitence;   Integrity;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Business Life;   Error;   Honesty;   Integrity;   Perverseness;   Sin;   Sin-Saviour;   Transgression;   Virtues;   The Topic Concordance - Destruction;   Guidance;   Perversion;   Transgression;   Uprightness;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Integrity;   Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Integrity;   Poetry, Hebrew;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Parallelism in Hebrew Poetry;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The integrity of the upright shall guide them, But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
King James Version
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
English Standard Version
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
New American Standard Bible
The integrity of the upright will guide them, But the perversity of the treacherous will destroy them.
New Century Version
Good people will be guided by honesty; dishonesty will destroy those who are not trustworthy.
New English Translation
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroys them.
Amplified Bible
The integrity and moral courage of the upright will guide them, But the crookedness of the treacherous will destroy them.
World English Bible
The integrity of the upright shall guide them, But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The vprightnes of the iust shal guide them: but the frowardnes of the transgressers shall destroy them.
Legacy Standard Bible
The integrity of the upright will lead them,But the crookedness of the treacherous will destroy them.
Berean Standard Bible
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
Contemporary English Version
If you do the right thing, honesty will be your guide. But if you are crooked, you will be trapped by your own dishonesty.
Complete Jewish Bible
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the duplicity of the treacherous destroys them.
Darby Translation
The integrity of the upright guideth them; but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroyeth them.
Easy-to-Read Version
Good people are guided by their honesty, but crooks who lie and cheat will ruin themselves.
George Lamsa Translation
The hope of the upright shall be granted; but the pride of the wicked shall be destroyed.
Good News Translation
If you are good, you are guided by honesty. People who can't be trusted are destroyed by their own dishonesty.
Lexham English Bible
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
Literal Translation
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of traitors will devastate them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The innocent dealynge of the iust shal lede them, but the vnfaithfulnesse of the despysers shalbe their owne destruccion.
American Standard Version
The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
Bible in Basic English
The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The integrity of the upright shall guide them; but the perverseness of the faithless shall destroy them.
King James Version (1611)
The integritie of the vpright shall guide them: but the peruersenesse of transgressours shall destroy them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The innocent dealyng of the iust shall leade them: but the wickednesse of the offendours shalbe their owne destruction.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
When a just man dies he leaves regret: but the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy.
English Revised Version
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The simplenesse of iust men schal dresse hem; and the disseyuyng of weiward men schal destrie hem.
Update Bible Version
The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
Webster's Bible Translation
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
New King James Version
The integrity of the upright will guide them, But the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them.
New Living Translation
Honesty guides good people; dishonesty destroys treacherous people.
New Life Bible
The honor of good people will lead them, but those who hurt others will be destroyed by their own false ways.
New Revised Standard
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The integrity of the upright, shall guide them, but, the crookedness of the treacherous, shall be their ruin.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The simplicity of the just shall guide them: and the deceitfulness of the wicked shall destroy them.
Revised Standard Version
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
Young's Literal Translation
The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.
THE MESSAGE
The integrity of the honest keeps them on track; the deviousness of crooks brings them to ruin.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The integrity of the upright will guide them, But the crookedness of the treacherous will destroy them.

Contextual Overview

3The integrity of the upright guides them,but the perversity of the treacherous destroys them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The integrity: Proverbs 11:5, Proverbs 13:6, Psalms 25:21, Psalms 26:1, John 7:17

the perverseness: Proverbs 21:7, Proverbs 28:18, Ecclesiastes 7:17, Isaiah 1:28

Reciprocal: Genesis 20:5 - in the integrity Proverbs 5:22 - His Proverbs 21:12 - overthroweth

Cross-References

Genesis 11:4
And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky. Let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise, we will be scattered throughout the earth.”
Genesis 11:6
The Lord said, “If they have begun to do this as one people all having the same language, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.
Genesis 11:7
Come, let’s go down there and confuse their language so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
Genesis 11:18
Peleg lived 30 years and fathered Reu.
Genesis 14:10
Now the Siddim Valley contained many asphalt pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, but the rest fled to the mountains.
Exodus 1:14
and made their lives bitter with difficult labor in brick and mortar and in all kinds of fieldwork. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them.
Exodus 2:3
But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with asphalt and pitch. She placed the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.
2 Samuel 12:31
He removed the people who were in the city and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, and to labor at brickmaking. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then he and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
Psalms 64:5
They adopt an evil plan;they talk about hiding traps and say,“Who will see them?”
Proverbs 1:11
If they say—“Come with us!Let’s set an ambush and kill someone.Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The integrity of the upright shall guide them,.... The Spirit of God is the best guide of an upright man; he leads into all truth, and unto the land of uprightness, and continues to be a guide, even unto death; and it is right to walk after him, and not after the flesh: and besides him, the upright man has the word of God as a lamp to his feet, and a light to his paths, which he does well to take heed to; and next to that is the sincerity and uprightness of his heart, which will not suffer him, knowingly and willingly, to go aside into crooked paths, or to do amiss: integrity of heart and innocency of hand go together; such are the followers of the Lamb, as described,

Revelation 14:4; see Psalms 25:21;

but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them; the perverse ways, words, and actions of such as transgress the law of God, deal treacherously with God and men, as the word e signifies, shall be their ruin: the perverse doctrines and worship of the man of sin, and his followers, shall bring destruction upon them, 2 Thessalonians 2:4. The word for "perverseness" is only used here and in Proverbs 15:4; and there plainly signifies the perverseness of the tongue or speech, and so may have respect to corrupt doctrine.

e בגדים "perfidosorum", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "perfidorum", Cocceius, Michaelis.


 
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