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Proverbs 11:3
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Proverbs 11:3
3The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
3*The integritie of the vpright shall guide them: but the peruersenesse of transgressours shall destroy them.
- Cha.13.6.
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Proverbs 11:3
Moral wholeness, uprightness, honesty, or sincerity in the matter described.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Straight or erect; also honest, just, and faithful to what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A person who leads or directs another in his way or course; a conductor. To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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perverseness
Moral crookedness, obstinacy, or conduct contrary to what is right.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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transgressors
Persons who pass beyond a command or boundary, or violate a law.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To ruin, demolish, kill, consume, or bring to an end.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study18Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
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Open the full verse study6Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
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Open the full verse study21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
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Open the full verse study1JUDGE me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide.
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Open the full verse study17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
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Open the full verse study3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.
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Open the full verse study17Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
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Open the full verse study5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
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Open the full verse study28¶ And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
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Open the full verse study7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
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