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Proverbs 11:3

Proverbs 11:3 is verse 3 of Proverbs chapter 11, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.

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King James Version

The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

World English Bible

The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

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Proverbs 11:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

2 When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.

3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.

4 Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

5 The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

Proverbs 13:6

Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.

Psalms 25:21

May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.

Psalms 26:1

Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

John 7:17

If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.

Proverbs 21:7

The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.

Proverbs 28:18

He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.

Ecclesiastes 7:17

Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?

Isaiah 1:28

But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.

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