Proverbs 28:18
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
תֹּם
tôm
completeness; figuratively, prosperity; usually (morally) innocence
יָשַׁע
yâshaʻ
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Key Terms in This Verse
תֹּם tôm
completeness; figuratively, prosperity; usually (morally) innocence
Study H8537 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →יָשַׁע yâshaʻ
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
Study H3467 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →Cross References
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon th...
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:
But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews...
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