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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 11:5 - Wicked
Proverbs 11:5 - The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The righteousness | H6666 | צְדָקָה |
[Noun Feminine] rightness ({abstractly}) subjectively ({rectitude }) objectively ({justice }) morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity) |
| of the perfect | H8549 | תָּמִים |
[Adjective] entire ({literally} figuratively or morally); also (as noun) {integrity} truth |
| shall direct | H3474 | יָשַׁר |
[Verb] to be straight or even; figuratively to be (causatively to make) {right} {pleasant } prosperous |
| his way | H1870 | דֶּרֶךְ |
[Noun Masculine] a road (as trodden); figuratively a course of life or mode of {action} often adverbially |
| but the wicked | H7563 | רָשָׁע |
[Adjective] morally wrong; concretely an (actively) bad person |
| shall fall | H5307 | נָפַל |
[Verb] to {fall} in a great variety of applications (intransitively or {causatively} literally or figuratively) |
| by his own wickedness | H7564 | רִשְׁעָה |
[Noun Feminine] wrong (especially moral) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.