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

4Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. 5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own iniquity. 7When a wicked man dieth, hisexpectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth. 8The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

Proverbs 11:6 word by word

צִדְקַ֣ת יְ֭שָׁרִים תַּצִּילֵ֑ם וּ֝בְהַוַּ֗ת בֹּגְדִ֥ים יִלָּכֵֽדוּ׃Read the interlinear

• righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedâqâh · righteousnessH6666
• uprightיָשָׁרyâshâr · uprightH3477
• deliverנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
• transgressorsבָּגַדbâgad · to act treacherouslyH898
• takenלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• iniquityהַוָּהhavvâh · desireH1942

Cross-references for Proverbs 11:6

• Genesis 30:33So 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 accounted stolen with me.
• Genesis 31:37Though thou hast searched all my things, what hast thou found of all thy household things? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge between us both.
• 1 Samuel 12:3Behold, here I am : witness 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 received any bribe to blind my eyes with it? and I will restore it you.
• Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.
• 1 Kings 2:32And 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 of it, that is, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
• Psalms 7:16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon the crown of his head.
• Ecclesiastes 10:8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoever breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

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