Proverbs 11:6

Proverbs 11:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
• New International Version (NIV)The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, But the unfaithful will be caught by their lust.

Context of Proverbs 11:6

4Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath, but righteousness rescues from death. 5The righteousness of the blameless clears his path, but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness. The righteousness of the upright rescues them, but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires. 7When the wicked person dies, his expectation comes to nothing, and hope placed in wealth vanishes. 8The righteous one is rescued from trouble; in his place, the wicked one goes in.

Proverbs 11:6 word by word

צִדְקַ֣ת יְ֭שָׁרִים תַּצִּילֵ֑ם וּ֝בְהַוַּ֗ת בֹּגְדִ֥ים יִלָּכֵֽדוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedâqâh · righteousnessH6666
• of the uprightיָשָׁרyâshâr · uprightH3477
• shall deliverנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
• them: but transgressorsבָּגַדbâgad · to act treacherouslyH898
• shall be takenלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• naughtinessהַוָּהhavvâh · desireH1942

Cross-references for Proverbs 11:6

• Genesis 30:33In the future when you come to check on my wages, my honesty will testify for me. If I have any female goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not black, they will be considered stolen.”
• Genesis 31:37You’ve searched all my possessions! Have you found anything of yours? Put it here before my relatives and yours, and let them decide between the two of us.
• 1 Samuel 12:3Here I am. Bring charges against me before the Lord and his anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Who have I wronged or mistreated? Who gave me a bribe to overlook something? I will return it to you.”
• Proverbs 5:22A wicked man’s iniquities will trap him; he will become tangled in the ropes of his own sin.
• 1 Kings 2:32The Lord will bring back his own blood on his head because he struck down two men more righteous and better than he, without my father David’s knowledge. With his sword, Joab murdered Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
• Psalms 7:16His trouble comes back on his own head; his own violence comes down on top of his head.
• Ecclesiastes 10:8The one who digs a pit may fall into it, and the one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

Commentaries on Proverbs 11:6

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-6Verses 5-6 The ways of wickedness are dangerous. And sin will be its own punishment.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. deliver them--that is, from evil, which the wicked suffer by their own doings (Pr 5:22; Psa 9:16).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 11:6

• Righteousness
• Sin
• Wicked (People)

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Commentaries on Proverbs 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings