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Proverbs 28:18 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Proverbs 28:18
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17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
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Note, those who are honest are always safe. The person who acts with sincerity, speaks as they truly think, and has a single aim in everything for God’s glory and the good of others, would never knowingly do an unjust thing. Such a person walks uprightly in every part of life, and they will be saved in the end. We read of a glorious company, those in whose mouths no lie was found (Revelation 14:5). They are safe even now. Integrity and uprightness protect people and give them a holy sense of security in the hardest times, because these qualities guard their comfort, their reputation, and all their interests. They may suffer harm, but they cannot truly be ruined.
Those who are false and dishonest are never safe. The person who is crooked in their ways, and who tries to protect themselves by fraud, deceit, treachery, or wealth badly gained, will fall. Indeed, they will fall at once, not slowly and with warning, but suddenly and without notice. They are least safe when they feel most secure. Their fall comes all at once, so they have no time to guard against it or prepare for it, and because it surprises them, their terror will be all the greater.
From This Chapter
Proverbs 28:1
"The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion."
Proverbs 28:2
"For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged."
Proverbs 28:3
"A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food."
Proverbs 28:4
"They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them."
Proverbs 28:5
"Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things."
Proverbs 28:6
"Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich."
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