The Meaning of Proverbs 28:18 Explained

Proverbs 28:18

KJV: Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

YLT: Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.

Darby: Whoso walketh in integrity shall be saved; but he that is perverted in his double ways, shall fall in one of them.

ASV: Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Whoso walketh  uprightly  shall be saved:  but [he that is] perverse  [in his] ways  shall fall  at once. 

What does Proverbs 28:18 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 28

1  general observations of impiety and integrity

What do the individual words in Proverbs 28:18 mean?

Whoever walks blamelessly will be saved but [he who is] perverse [in his] ways will fall in one [moment]
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ תָּ֭מִים יִוָּשֵׁ֑עַ וְנֶעְקַ֥שׁ דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִם יִפּ֥וֹל בְּאֶחָֽת

הוֹלֵ֣ךְ  Whoever  walks 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
תָּ֭מִים  blamelessly 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: תָּמִים  
Sense: complete, whole, entire, sound.
יִוָּשֵׁ֑עַ  will  be  saved 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָשַׁע 
Sense: to save, be saved, be delivered.
וְנֶעְקַ֥שׁ  but  [he  who  is]  perverse 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: עָקַשׁ  
Sense: to be perverse, twist, pervert, make crooked, prove perverse, declare perverse.
דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִם  [in  his]  ways 
Parse: Noun, cd
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
יִפּ֥וֹל  will  fall 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
בְּאֶחָֽת  in  one  [moment] 
Parse: Preposition-b, Number, feminine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).