King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 11:5
“The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 11
3
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
4
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
5
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
6
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.
7
When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust [men] perisheth.