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Proverbs 11:5 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 11 · verse 5
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.Proverbs 11:5 · King James Version
Proverbs 11:5 in context
3The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
4Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
7When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- righteousnesstsᵉdâqâhrightness , subjectively , objectively , morally or figurativelyH6666 →
- perfecttâmîymentireH8549 →
- directyâsharto be straight or evenH3474 →
- wickedrâshâʻmorally wrongH7563 →
- fallnâphalto fall, in a great variety of applicationsH5307 →
- waydereka roadH1870 →
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These two verses are, in effect, the same, and both to the same purport with Pro 11:3. For the truths are here of such certainty and weight that they cannot be too often inculcated. Let us govern ourselves by these principles. I. That the ways of religion are plain and safe, and in them we may enjoy a holy security.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-6