Proverbs 11:3
WEB
The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
BSB
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
KJV
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H8538
n-f — innocence
Derivation: feminine of 8537;
innocence
KJV: integrity.
n.f — integrity
[תֻּמָּה] n.f. integrity (late)
H3477
a — straight
Derivation: from 3474;
straight (literally or figuratively)
KJV: convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
adj — straight
יָשָׁר adj. straight, right
1. straight, level
2. right, pleasing
3. straightforward, just, upright
4. abstr., uprightness
H5148
v — guide, transport
Derivation: a primitive root;
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
KJV: bestow, bring, govern, guide, lead (forth), put, straiten.
vb — lead
[נָחָה] vb. lead, guide
Qal lead, bring
Hiph. lead, guide
H5558
n-m — distortion, viciousness
Derivation: from 5557;
distortion, i.e. (figuratively) viciousness
KJV: perverseness.
n.m — crookedness
סֶ֫לֶף n.m. crookedness, crooked dealing
H898
v — cover, act covertly, pillage
Derivation: a primitive root;
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
KJV: deal deceitfully (treacherously, unfaithfully), offend, transgress(-or), (depart), treacherous (dealer, -ly, man), unfaithful(-ly, man), × very.
vb — act treacherously
[בָּגַד] vb. act or deal treacherously
H7703
v — be burly, powerful, impregnable, ravage
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
KJV: dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), × utterly, (lay) waste.
vb — deal violently with
[שָׁדַד] 56 vb. deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin
Qal violently destroy, pers. = slay
Niph. we are utterly ruined.
Pi. assault not his dwelling-place
Pu. be devastated
Pō‛el violently destroy
Hoph. be devastated
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Verse 3
Proverbs 11:3
It is not only promised that God will guide the upright, and threatened that he will destroy the transgressors, but, that we may be the more fully assured of both, it is here represented as if the nature of the thing were such on both sides that it would do it itself. 1. The integrity of an honest man will itself be his guide in the way of duty and the way of safety. His principles are fixed, his rule is certain, and therefore his way is plain; his sincerity keeps him steady, and he needs not tack about every time the wind turns, having no other end to drive at than to keep a good conscience. Integrity and uprightness will preserve men, Psa 25:21. 2. The iniquity of a bad man will itself be his ruin. As the plainness of a good man will be his protection, though he is ever so much exposed, so the perverseness of sinners will be their destruction, though they think themselves eve so well fortified. They shall fall into pits of their own digging, Pro 5:22.
Cross-references: Ps 25:21 · Prov 5:22