Proverbs 11:5 Cross References

Proverbs 11:5

5: The godly are directed by their honesty; the wicked fall beneath their load of sin.

An evil man is held captive by his own sins; they are ropes that catch and hold him.

Good people are guided by their honesty; treacherous people are destroyed by their dishonesty.

The nations have fallen into the pit they dug for others. They have been caught in their own trap.
The LORD is known for his justice. The wicked have trapped themselves in their own snares.

And so Queen Esther replied, "If Your Majesty is pleased with me and wants to grant my request, my petition is that my life and the lives of my people will be spared.
For my people and I have been sold to those who would kill, slaughter, and annihilate us. If we had only been sold as slaves, I could remain quiet, for that would have been a matter too trivial to warrant disturbing the king."
"Who would do such a thing?" King Xerxes demanded. "Who would dare touch you?"
Esther replied, "This wicked Haman is our enemy." Haman grew pale with fright before the king and queen.
Then the king jumped to his feet in a rage and went out into the palace garden. But Haman stayed behind to plead for his life with Queen Esther, for he knew that he was doomed.

Meanwhile, Ahithophel was publicly disgraced when Absalom refused his advice. So he saddled his donkey, went to his hometown, set his affairs in order, and hanged himself. He died there and was buried beside his father.

"I have sinned," he declared, "for I have betrayed an innocent man.What do we care?" they retorted. "That's your problem."
Then Judas threw the money onto the floor of the Temple and went out and hanged himself.

That is why they must eat the bitter fruit of living their own way. They must experience the full terror of the path they have chosen.
For they are simpletons who turn away from me--to death. They are fools, and their own complacency will destroy them.

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