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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, But the unfaithful will be caught by their lust.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The godliness of good people rescues them; the ambition of treacherous people traps them.

Context of Proverbs 11:6

4Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. 5The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness. The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust. 7When the wicked dies, his hope will perish, and the expectation of wealth perishes too. 8The righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked walks into it instead.

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 30:33So my honesty will answer for me later, when you come to look into my wages with you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and black among the lambs, if found with me, shall be counted stolen."
• Genesis 31:37For you have felt through all my goods; what have you found of all your household goods? Set it here before my kinsmen and your kinsmen, that they may decide between us two.
• 1 Samuel 12:3Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me and I will restore it to you."
• Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
• 1 Kings 2:32The Lord will bring back his bloody deeds on his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men more righteous and better than himself, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
• Psalms 7:16His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends.
• Ecclesiastes 10:8He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.

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