Proverbs 28:18
He that walks justly is assisted: but he that walks in crooked ways shall be entangled therein.
LXX2012 (US English)
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
Cross References
Numbers 22:32And the angel of God said to him, Why have you struck your ass this third time? and, behold, I came out to withstand you, for your way was not seemly before me; and when the ass saw me, she turned away from me this third time.
Psalms 73:18Remember this your creation: an enemy has reproached the Lord, and a foolish people has provoked your name. 1
Psalms 125:5They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 1
Proverbs 10:25When the storm passes by, the ungodly vanishes away; but the righteous turns aside and escapes for ever.
Proverbs 11:5Righteousness + 11:5 Gr. right divides. traces out blameless paths: but ungodliness encounters unjust dealing.
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 →