A moment in scripture
Proverbs 11:5
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The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 11:3
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
- Proverbs 11:4
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
- Proverbs 11:6
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
- Proverbs 11:7
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.