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Proverbs 28:18

Whoso leadeth an innocent life, shalbe saued: but he that goeth frowarde wayes, shall once haue a fall.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

In Context

17He that by violence shedeth any mans blood, shalbe a runnagate vnto his graue, and no man shalbe able to succour hym.

19He that tylleth his lande shall haue plenteousnes of bread: but he that foloweth idle persons, shall haue pouertie inough.

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Cross References

Proverbs 10:25As the tempest, so passeth away the vngodly and is not: but the ryghteous remayneth sure for euer.

Proverbs 11:5The ryghteousnesse of the innocent ordereth his way: but the vngodly shall fall in his owne wickednesse.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:18

17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him. This agrees with that ancient law, Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed ( Gen. ix. 6 ), and proclaims, 1. The doom of the shedder of blood. He that has committed murder, though he flees for his life, shall be continually haunted with terrors, shall himself flee to the pit, betray himself, and torment himself, like Cain, who, when he had killed his brother, became a fugitive and a vagabond, and… Read the whole commentary →

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