Cross references

Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the blameless directs their path,

but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

Proverbs 11:5 BSB

Proverbs 11:5 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 5:22 (4 votes) and Psalm 9:15–16 (3 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Genesis 7 to Matthew 27.

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Which verses does Proverbs 11:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

  2. The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden. The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah

  3. Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request. For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.” …

  4. So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

  5. in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

  6. The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.

  7. “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.” So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

  8. When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

Which verses point to Proverbs 11:5?

The 10 strongest of 12.