Proverbs 11:6
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
Proverbs 11:6 in other translations
| BSB | The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires. |
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| WEB | The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires. |
| ASV | The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity. |
| YLT | The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured. |
| DARBY | The righteousness of the upright delivereth them; but the treacherous are taken in their own craving. |
| BBE | The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs. |
| Webster | The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. |
What does Proverbs 11:6 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 11:5-6
The ways of wickedness are dangerous. And sin will be its own punishment.
Proverbs 11:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 11:6
- Ecclesiastes 10:8
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
- 1 Kings 2:44
The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
- 1 Samuel 12:3-4
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.
- Psalms 7:15-16
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
- Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
- 1 Kings 2:32-33
And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah. Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the Lord.
- Genesis 30:33
So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
- Genesis 31:37
Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.
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Context
- Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
- Proverbs 11:6
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
- Proverbs 11:7
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
Proverbs 11:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | La justicia de los rectos los librará: mas los pecadores en su pecado serán presos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | La justice des hommes droits les délivre, mais les perfides sont pris dans leur avidité. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Der Aufrichtigen Gerechtigkeit errettet sie, aber die Treulosen werden gefangen in ihrer Gier. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Justitia rectorum liberabit eos, et in insidiis suis capientur iniqui. |