Proverbs 28:18
What does Proverbs 28:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 28:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He that walketh uprightly, shall be saved: he that is perverse in his ways, shall fall at once.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Whoso walketh in integrity shall be saved; but he that is perverted in [his] double ways, shall fall in one [of them].
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 11:3
The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
- 2 Peter 2:1
But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
- Proverbs 10:25
When the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more; But the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
- Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Cephas before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as do the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, how compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
- Revelation 3:3
Remember therefore how thou hast received and didst hear; and keep it, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
- Psalms 125:5
But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
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