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Proverbs 11:6

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, But the treacherous will be caught by [their own] greed.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but they that deal treacherously shall be taken in their own mischief.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— The righteousness of the upright delivereth them; but the treacherous are taken in their own craving.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— The righteousness of the upright, shall deliver them, but, by their own craving, shall the treacherous be captured.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The justice of the righteous shall deliver them: and the unjust shall be caught in their own snares.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— The righteousnesse of the iust shall deliuer them: but the transgressers shall be taken in their owne wickednes.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The righteousnesse of the vpright shall deliuer them: but transgressours shall be taken in [their owne] naughtinesse.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; but the transgressors shall be caught in their own wickedness.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— The righteousness of upright men delivers them: but transgressors are caught in their own destruction.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
The righteousness 6666
{6666} Prime
צְדָקָה
ts@daqah
{tsed-aw-kaw'}
From H6663; rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity).
of the upright 3477
{3477} Prime
יָשָׁר
yashar
{yaw-shawr'}
From H3474; straight (literally or figuratively).
shall deliver 5337
{5337} Prime
נָצַל
natsal
{naw-tsal'}
A primitive root; to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense.
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
them: but transgressors 898
{0898} Prime
בּגד
bagad
{baw-gad'}
A primitive root; to cover (with a garment); figuratively to act covertly; by implication to pillage.
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
shall be taken 3920
{3920} Prime
לָכַד
lakad
{law-kad'}
A primitive root; to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively to cohere.
z8735
<8735> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 1602
in [their own] naughtiness. 1942
{1942} Prime
הַוָּה
havvah
{hav-vaw'}
From H1933 (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon; by implication of falling); desire; also ruin.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Proverbs 11:6

_ _ deliver them — that is, from evil, which the wicked suffer by their own doings (Proverbs 5:22; Psalms 9:16).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 11:5-6.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
righteousness:

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.
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.
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. ... And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.

but:

Proverbs 5:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
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. ... Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.
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;
Psalms 7:16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
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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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Gn 30:33; 31:37. 1S 12:3. 1K 2:32, 44. Ps 7:16. Pv 5:22. Ec 10:8.

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