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Proverbs 28:18
He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The verse appears in a collection of wisdom sayings positioned between a warning about bloodguilt (Proverbs 28:17) and a contrast between diligent work and chasing fantasies (Proverbs 28:19).
The words — תָּ֭מִים (Ta.mim) = blameless and יִוָּשֵׁ֑עַ (yi.va.She.a') = he will be delivered. The text states the upright will be kept safe while the perverse will fall, without adding interpretive layers.
The thread — The contrast between upright conduct and perverse ways runs in Proverbs 10:9 and Proverbs 28:6, while the promise of divine provision for the upright appears in Psalms 84:11.
Why it lands — It demands a choice between consistent moral conduct and deceptive paths, presenting safety and ruin as direct outcomes rather than abstract ideals.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 10:9 He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
- Proverbs 28:6 Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
- Psalms 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
- Proverbs 11:3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
- Revelation 3:3 Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.
- Numbers 22:32 The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.
- Psalms 25:21 May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
- Psalms 26:11 But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
- Psalms 73:18 Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
- Psalms 125:5 But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.