Proverbs 11:5 meaning and explanation
The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
Proverbs 11:5, Berean Standard Bible
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This verse is one of many contrasts in Proverbs 11, where the speaker, a wisdom teacher, sets the path of the upright beside the fate of the wicked. The point is not that good people never stumble but that a blameless life gives direction: honesty and right choices keep a person steady, the way a straight road keeps a traveler from wandering.
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