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Proverbs 11:6

JusticeProtection and safety

4 Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

5 The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.

7 When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.

8 The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.

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Compare

BSB
The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.
KJV
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
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.
DARBY
The righteousness of the upright delivereth them; but the treacherous are taken in their own craving.
BLB
The righteousness of the upright ones will deliver them, and by their own desires those acting treacherously are captured.
ÅB
De oppriktiges rettferdighet frelser, men de troløse fanges i sin egen ondskap.
OTB
De oppriktiges rettferdighet redder dem, men de troløse blir fanget av sin egen grådighet.
B1930
De opriktiges rettferdighet frelser, men de troløse fanges i sin egen ondskap.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 10:8

    He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.

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  • 1 Kings 2:44

    The king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.

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  • 1 Samuel 12:3–4

    Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”

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  • Psalms 7:15–16

    He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.

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  • Proverbs 5:22

    The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

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  • 1 Kings 2:32–33

    The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

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  • Genesis 30:33

    So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”

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  • Genesis 31:37

    You have searched all my goods! Have you found anything that belongs to you? Put it here before my brothers and yours, that they may judge between the two of us.

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