Proverbs 11:3

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When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.	The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.	Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The integrity^H8538 of the upright^H3477 shall guide^H5148 them: but the perverseness^H5558 of transgressors^H898 shall destroy^{H7703 H7703} them.

Original Hebrew

תֻּמַּת יְשָׁרִים תַּנְחֵם וְסֶלֶף בֹּוגְדִים [וְשַׁדָּם כ] (יְשָׁדֵּם׃ ק)

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
תֻּמַּ֣ת	tu.Mat	H8538	HNcfsc	(the) integrity of
יְשָׁרִ֣ים	ye.sha.Rim	H3477	HAampa	upright (people)
תַּנְחֵ֑/ם	tan.Che/m	H5148	HVhi3fs/Sp3mp	it guides/ them
וְ/סֶ֖לֶף	ve./Se.lef	H5558	HC/Ncmsc	and/ (the) crookedness of
בּוֹגְדִ֣ים	bog.Dim	H898	HVqrmpa	treacherous (people)
[ו/שד/ם כ] (יְשָׁדֵּֽ/ם ק)	[shâdad כ] (ye.sha.de/m ק)	H7703 כ	[HC/Ncmsc/Sp3mp כ] (HVqi3ms/Sp3mp ק)	(it destroys/ them ק)

Where the Hebrew text is written one way but traditionally read another, both are shown: [written form כ] (Ketiv) and (read form ק) (Qere).

Strong's References

H898 — בָּגַד (bâgad, baw-gad'): a primitive root; to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage; deal deceitfully (treacherously, unfaithfully), offend, transgress(-or), (depart), treacherous (dealer, -ly, man), unfaithful(-ly, man), [idiom] very.
H3477 — יָשָׁר (yâshâr, yaw-shawr'): from יָשַׁר (yâshar) H3474; straight (literally or figuratively); convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), [phrase] pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
H5148 — נָחָה (nâchâh, naw-khaw'): a primitive root; to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists); bestow, bring, govern, guide, lead (forth), put, straiten.
H5558 — סֶלֶף (çeleph, seh'-lef): from סָלַף (çâlaph) H5557; distortion, i.e. (figuratively) viciousness; perverseness.
H7703 — שָׁדַד (shâdad, shaw-dad'): a primitive root; properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage; dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), [idiom] utterly, (lay) waste.
H8538 — תֻּמָּה (tummâh, toom-maw'): feminine of תֹּם (tôm) H8537; innocence; integrity.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References

The integrity — Psalms 25:21, Psalms 26:1, Proverbs 11:5, Proverbs 13:6, John 7:17
the perverseness — Proverbs 21:7, Proverbs 28:18, Ecclesiastes 7:17, Isaiah 1:28

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