King James Version
Proverbs 10:9 in the King James Version says “He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.”
Proverbs 10:9 · KJV
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. a prating: Heb. a fool of lips fall: Heb. be beaten
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. fall: Heb. be beaten
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“surely”
H983properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely
“but he that perverteth”
H6140to knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse)
“his ways”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“shall be known”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
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