Proverbs 11:5
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 11
“The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.”Proverbs 11:5
What Does Proverbs 11:5 Mean?
Proverbs 11:5 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 11, verse 5 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 15 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (15)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 11:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Esther 7:9“And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.”Proverbs 11:3“The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.”Proverbs 13:6“Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.”Proverbs 21:29“A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.”Proverbs 5:22“His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.”Psalms 9:15“The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.”2 Chronicles 18:19“And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.”Proverbs 13:23“Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.”Hosea 5:5“And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.”Esther 7:3“Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:”Proverbs 1:31“Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.”Proverbs 3:6“In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”Proverbs 29:6“In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.”Matthew 27:4“Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.”2 Samuel 17:23“And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.”
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