Text -- Proverbs 11:3 (NET)

11:3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroys them.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 11:3

¹ sn This contrasts two lifestyles, affirming the value of integrity. The upright live with integrity – blamelessness – and that integrity leads them in success and happiness. Those who use treachery will be destroyed by it.

² tc The form is a Kethib/Qere reading. The Qere יְשָׁדֵּם (yÿshadem) is an imperfect tense with the pronominal suffix. The Kethib וְשַׁדָּם (vÿshadam) is a perfect tense with a vav prefixed and a pronominal suffix. The Qere is supported by the versions.