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Proverbs 28:18

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Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
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  1. Proverbs 10:9Rank 1 from verse 18
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    9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

  2. Proverbs 28:6Rank 2 from verse 18
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    6Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  3. Revelation 3:3Rank 3 from verse 18
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    3Remember 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.

  4. Proverbs 11:3–6Rank 4 from verse 18
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    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

    4Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

    5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

  5. Psalms 84:11Rank 5 from verse 18
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    11For 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.

  6. Numbers 22:32Rank 6 from verse 18
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    32And 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:

  7. 1 Thessalonians 5:3Rank 7 from verse 18
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    3For 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.

  8. 2 Peter 2:1–3Rank 8 from verse 18
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    1BUT 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.

    2And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

    3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

  9. Proverbs 10:25Rank 9 from verse 18
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    25As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

  10. Psalms 125:5Rank 10 from verse 18
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    5As 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.

  11. Psalms 25:21Rank 11 from verse 18
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    21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

  12. Psalms 26:11Rank 12 from verse 18
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    11But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

  13. Psalms 73:18–20Rank 13 from verse 18
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    18Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

    19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

    20As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

  14. Galatians 2:14Rank 14 from verse 18
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    14But 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, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

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Proverbs 28:18

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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saved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of save, meaning to rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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fall

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Sense 1: To descend, drop, or lose an upright position. Sense 2: To be slain, defeated, overthrown, ruined, or brought down. Sense 3: To come upon or attack. Sense 4: To pass into a specified place, condition, power, or course, or to depart from a former standing. Sense 5: To happen, turn out, or be allotted. Sense 6: As a noun, descent, overthrow, ruin, or loss of standing.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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once

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Sense 1: One time or a single occurrence. Sense 2: At once: at the same instant or together. Sense 3: Formerly; at an earlier time. Sense 4: When once: when the stated point has been reached.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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28:17A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

28:18Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

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28:19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

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