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)

Proverbs 11:5

Lexham English Bible

⁵The righteousness of the blameless will keep his ways straight,
but the wicked will fall by his wickedness.

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

²⁰An abomination of Yahweh are the crooked of heart,^[a]
but his delight are those with blameless ways.^[b]

Proverbs 11:20 Literally “crooked ones of heart”; “heart” may also be translated “mind”
Proverbs 11:20 Literally “blameless ones of ways”

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

¹⁰He who misleads the upright onto the way of evil,
into his pits he will fall.
But as for the blameless, they will inherit good.

New International Version (NIV)