Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

Ver. 5. The righteousness of the perfect.] This is the same in effect with Proverbs 11:3. Nunquam satis dicitur, quod nunquam satis discitur. a

But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.] Or, In his own wickedness. He shall fall out of one wickedness unto another, while he "draws iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope." Isa 5:18 Thus Babylon's sins are said to "reach unto heaven"; Rev 18:5 quasi concatenatus funis. Therefore "she is fallen, she is fallen," certo, brevi, penitus, nondum tamen. Flagitium et flagellum, ut acus et filum. Sin and punishment are inseparable companions.

a Seneca.