Proverbs 28:18
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Cross-reference
Proverbs 10:9 repeats the same contrast: integrity brings security, crookedness leads to discovery.
Proverbs 10:25 uses storm imagery for the same outcome: righteous stand firm, wicked vanish.
Proverbs 11:3-6 expands on how integrity guides, straightens, and delivers — fulfilling the promise in Proverbs 28:18.
Proverbs 29:1 warns that the stubborn will be suddenly broken, mirroring the sudden fall of the crooked in Proverbs 28:18 with the same word 'suddenly'.
Proverbs 2:7 adds that God stores up sound wisdom and is a shield to those who walk in integrity, reinforcing the deliverance promised to the blameless.
Psalm 25:21 prays for preservation by integrity, echoing the deliverance promised in Proverbs 28:18.
Psalm 26:11 affirms walking in integrity and asking for redemption, matching the upright’s deliverance in Proverbs 28:18.
Psalm 73:18-20 describes the wicked set in slippery places and suddenly destroyed—directly matching the sudden fall of the crooked.
Psalm 84:11 promises blessing to the upright, reinforcing the deliverance for the integrity walker in Proverbs 28:18.
Psalm 125:5 warns that those who turn to crooked ways will be led away with evildoers—same fate as the crooked in Proverbs.
1 Kings 9:4 calls for walking in integrity like David—directly reinforcing the promise of deliverance for the upright.
Luke 6:49 describes a house that falls suddenly because it lacks a foundation, paralleling the sudden fall of the crooked in Proverbs 28:18.
Micah 2:7 affirms that God’s words do good to those who walk uprightly, echoing the deliverance for the blameless in Proverbs 28:18.
Isaiah 59:8 describes crooked paths and no peace, elaborating on the consequences of being 'crooked in his ways' from Proverbs 28:18.
Psalm 15:2 describes the one who walks blamelessly—matching the integrity walker in Proverbs who is delivered.
Psalm 7:10 declares God saves the upright in heart—identical to the promise that the integrity walker will be delivered.
Esther 6:13 relates Haman's certain fall before Mordecai—a narrative example of a crooked person suddenly falling.
Numbers 22:32 has God opposing Balaam because his way is perverse—illustrating the fate of the crooked in Proverbs.
1 Thessalonians 5:3 speaks of sudden destruction on those saying 'peace and security'—a parallel to the sudden fall of the crooked.
2 Peter 2:1-3 warns that false teachers face certain destruction—echoing the principle that the crooked will suddenly fall.