King James Version
Proverbs 11:5 in the King James Version says “The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. direct: Heb. rec...” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. direct: Heb. rectify”
Proverbs 11:5 · KJV
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. direct: Heb. rectify
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“The righteousness”
H6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
“of the perfect”
H8549entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
“shall direct”
H3474to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous
“his way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“shall fall”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
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