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Proverbs 11

Prov. 11:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The righteousness
tsdaqah (Hebrew #6666)
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
KJV usage: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
Pronounce: tsed-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 6663
of the perfect
tamiym (Hebrew #8549)
entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
KJV usage: without blemish, complete, full, perfect, sincerely (-ity), sound, without spot, undefiled, upright(-ly), whole.
Pronounce: taw-meem'
Origin: from 8552
shall λdirect
yashar (Hebrew #3474)
to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous
KJV usage: direct, fit, seem good (meet), + please (will), be (esteem, go) right (on), bring (look, make, take the) straight (way), be upright(-ly).
Pronounce: yaw-shar'
Origin: a primitive root
his way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
: but the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
shall fall
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
by his own wickedness
rish`ah (Hebrew #7564)
wrong (especially moral)
KJV usage: fault, wickedly(-ness).
Pronounce: rish-aw'
Origin: feminine of 7562
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rectify.

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Ministry on This Verse

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direct.
Heb. rectify.
Prov. 11:3• 3The integrity of the upright guideth them; but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroyeth them. (Prov. 11:3)
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Prov. 1:31‑32• 31therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.
 32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish. (Prov. 1:31‑32)
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Prov. 5:22• 22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. (Prov. 5:22)
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2 Sam. 17:23• 23And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose and went to his house, to his city, and gave charge to his household, and hanged himself, and he died; and he was buried in the sepulchre of his father. (2 Sam. 17:23)
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Esther 7:3‑10• 3And Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found grace in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request;
 4for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the adversary could not compensate the king's damage.
 5And king Ahasuerus spoke and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he that has filled his heart to do so?
 6And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.
 7And the king in his wrath rose up from the banquet of wine, and went into the palace garden; but Haman stayed to make request for his life to Esther the queen, for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
 8And the king returned out of the palace garden into the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman was fallen upon the couch on which Esther was. And the king said, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? The word went forth out of the king's mouth, and they covered Haman's face.
 9And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold, also, the gallows fifty cubits high, that Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, stands in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him on it!
 10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. And the king's wrath was appeased. (Esther 7:3‑10)
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Psa. 9:15‑16• 15The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.
 16Jehovah is known by the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. (Psa. 9:15‑16)
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Matt. 27:4‑5• 4saying, I have sinned in having delivered up guiltless blood. But they said, What is that to us? see *thou* to that.
 5And having cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, he left the place, and went away and hanged himself. (Matt. 27:4‑5)
• {v.5-8} Retribution, a manifest law of God both for this world and the next, is the great lesson of these verses, which connect intimately with verses 27 to 30 of the preceding chapter. (“Proverbs Eleven” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The righteousness of the perfect maketh plain his way; but the wicked falleth by his own wickedness.