3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.

Other Translations of Proverbs 11:3

King James Version

3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

English Standard Version

3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

The Message

3 The integrity of the honest keeps them on track; the deviousness of crooks brings them to ruin.

New King James Version

3 The integrity of the upright will guide them, But the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them.

New Living Translation

3 Honesty guides good people; dishonesty destroys treacherous people.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 11:3

Commentary on Proverbs 11:3

(Read Proverbs 11:3)

An honest man's principles are fixed, therefore his way is plain.