“The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.”
Proverbs 11:5 (KJV) |
Proverbs 11:5
From Proverbs 11, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.