Proverbs 28:18

“Whoever walks blameless will be saved, but one crooked in two ways will fall in one of them.”

Proverbs 28:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Proverbs 28:18, word by word

Whoever walksהוֹלֵךְholech

walk

Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.

Where else “holech” appears
blamelessתָּמִיםtamim

blameless

Without reproach, whole, like Noah.

Where else “tamim” appears
will be savedיִוָּשֵׁעַyivashea

save

To rescue someone from danger.

Where else “yivashea” appears
one crookedנֶעְקַשׁnekash

pervert

To twist; figuratively, to pervert, or to declare someone crooked.

Where else “nekash” appears
in two waysדְּרָכַיִםderachayim

manner

The way one lives and acts.

Where else “derachayim” appears
will fallיִפּוֹלyipol

fall

To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.

Where else “yipol” appears
in one of themאֶחָתechat

one

The number one; just one and no more.

Where else “echat” appears

The context

17A man burdened with the blood of a soul will flee to the pit; let no one hold him up.

18 · This verse (above)

19Whoever works his ground will be satisfied with bread, but whoever pursues empty things will be satisfied with poverty.

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