Focused Passage

Proverbs 11:5

Integrity, Righteousness, and Community Life Under the LORD's Moral Order

The chapter moves through practical arenas of righteousness: commerce, humility, integrity, death and hope, speech, civic life, guidance, mercy, desire, generosity, household stewardship, and final moral recompense.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

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

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Verse 5

Original words

The righteousness צִדְקַ֣ת H6666 Noun - feminine singular construct of the blameless תָּ֭מִים H8549 Adjective - masculine singular directs תְּיַשֵּׁ֣ר H3474 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular their path דַּרְכּ֑וֹ H1870 Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular but the wicked רָשָֽׁע׃ H7563 Adjective - masculine singular fall יִפֹּ֥ל H5307 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular by their own wickedness וּ֝בְרִשְׁעָת֗וֹ H7564 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular

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