Proverbs 11:3
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them."
Word-by-Word Analysis
תֹּם
tôm
completeness; figuratively, prosperity; usually (morally) innocence
יָשָׁר
yâshâr
straight (literally or figuratively)
נָחָה
nâchâh
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
סֶלֶף
çeleph
distortion, i.e. (figuratively) viciousness
בָּגַד
bâgad
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
שָׁחַת
shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
תֹּם tôm
completeness; figuratively, prosperity; usually (morally) innocence
Study H8537 →בָּגַד bâgad
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
Study H898 →נָחָה nâchâh
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
Study H5148 →שָׁחַת shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Study H7843 →Cross References
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
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