Proverbs 11:5
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness."
Word-by-Word Analysis
צְדָקָה
tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
תָּמִים
tâmîym
entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
יָשַׁר
yâshar
to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
Key Terms in This Verse
יָשַׁר yâshar
to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous
Study H3474 →תָּמִים tâmîym
entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
Study H8549 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
Study H6666 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →Cross References
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
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