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Proverbs 28:10

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28:10The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way

will himself fall into his own pit,29

but the blameless will inherit what is good.30

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Footnotes

  1. 29 The image of falling into a pit (a figure of speech known as hypocatastasis, involving implied comparison) is meant to say that the evil to which he guides people will ultimately destroy him.
  2. 30 This proverb is teaching that those who corrupt others will be destroyed, usually by their own devices, but those who manage to avoid being corrupted will be rewarded. According to this proverb the righteous can be led astray (e.g., 26:27).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Whoever misleads the upright into an evil way

will fall into his own pit,

but the blameless will have a goodly inheritance.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Whoever leads the upright along an evil path

will fall into their own trap,

but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The one who leads the upright into an evil way

will fall into his own pit,

but the blameless will inherit what is good.

NLTNew Living Translation

Those who lead good people along an evil path

will fall into their own trap,

but the honest will inherit good things.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He who misleads the upright onto the way of evil,

into his pits he will fall.

But as for the blameless, they will inherit good.

KJV 1900King James Version

Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way,

He shall fall himself into his own pit:

But the upright shall have good things in possession.