Proverbs 28:18 · KJV
“Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but {he that is} perverse {in his} ways shall fall at once.”
— Proverbs 28:18
A man that doeth violence to the blood of {any} person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain {persons} shall have poverty enough.
Proverbs 28 — Context
The prince that wanteth understanding {is} also a great oppressor: {but} he that hateth covetousness shall prolong {his} days.
17A man that doeth violence to the blood of {any} person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
18Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but {he that is} perverse {in his} ways shall fall at once.
19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain {persons} shall have poverty enough.
20A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. {innocent: or, unpunished}
Cross References
Proverbs 10:9
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
Proverbs 28:6
Better {is} the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than {he that is} perverse {in his} ways, though he {be} rich.
Revelation 3:3
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 thee.
Proverbs 11:3-6
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Psalms 84:11
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.
Numbers 22:32
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: {to...: Heb. to be an adversary unto thee}
2 Peter 2:1-3
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
Proverbs 10:25
As the whirlwind passeth, so {is} the wicked no {more}: but the righteous {is} an everlasting foundation.