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 does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger. 5The righteousness of the blameless will make straight their way, but the wicked person will fall by his own wickedness. The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the faithless will be captured by their own desires. 7When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and the hope of his strength perishes. 8The righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked turns up in his stead.

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 30:33My integrity will testify for me later on. When you come to verify that I’ve taken only the wages we agreed on, if I have in my possession any goat that is not speckled or spotted or any sheep that is not dark-colored, it will be considered stolen.”
• Genesis 31:37When you searched through all my goods, did you find anything that belonged to you? Set it here before my relatives and yours, and let them settle the dispute between the two of us!
• 1 Samuel 12:3Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the Lord and before his chosen king. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me, and I will return it to you!”
• Proverbs 5:22The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.
• 1 Kings 2:32May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he – Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
• Psalms 7:16He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.
• Ecclesiastes 10:8One who digs a pit may fall into it, and 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