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Proverbs 11:6

JusticeProtection and safety

4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

5 The 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 naughtiness.

7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

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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 that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

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  • 1 Kings 2:44

    The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

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  • 1 Samuel 12:3–4

    Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

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  • Psalms 7:15–16

    He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

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  • Proverbs 5:22

    His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

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  • 1 Kings 2:32–33

    And 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 thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

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  • Genesis 30:33

    So 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 counted stolen with me.

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  • Genesis 31:37

    Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.

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