Proverbs 11:5

International Children’s Bible

⁵The goodness of an innocent person makes his life easier.
But a wicked person will be destroyed by his wickedness.

Proverbs 11:5

New International Version

⁵The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,^(A)
but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.^(B)

²⁰The Lord hates those with evil hearts.
But he is pleased with those who are innocent.

²⁰The Lord detests those whose hearts are perverse,^(A)
but he delights^(B) in those whose ways are blameless.^(C)

¹⁰Those who lead honest people to do wrong
will be ruined by their own evil.
But the innocent will be rewarded with good things.

¹⁰Whoever leads the upright along an evil path
will fall into their own trap,^(A)
but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.

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