Proverbs 11:5-7

New Living Translation

⁵The godly are directed by honesty;
the wicked fall beneath their load of sin.

⁶The godliness of good people rescues them;
the ambition of treacherous people traps them.

⁷When the wicked die, their hopes die with them,
for they rely on their own feeble strength.

Proverbs 11:5-7

New International Version

⁵The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,^(A)
but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.^(B)

⁶The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.^(C)

⁷Hopes placed in mortals die with them;^(D)
all the promise of^[a] their power comes to nothing.^(E)

Proverbs 11:7 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum When the wicked die, their hope perishes; / all they expected from

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