Proverbs 11:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

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  • Eccl 10:8 : 8 He who makes a hole for others will himself go into it, and for him who makes a hole through a wall the bite of a snake will be a punishment.
  • 1 Kgs 2:44 : 44 And the king said to Shimei, You have knowledge of all the evil which you did to David my father; and now the Lord has sent back your evil on yourself.
  • Ps 7:15-16 : 15 He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made 16 His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
  • 1 Sam 12:3-4 : 3 Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you. 4 And they said, You have never been untrue to us or cruel to us; you have taken nothing from any man.
  • 1 Kgs 2:32-33 : 32 And the Lord will send back his blood on his head, because of the attack he made on two men more upright and better than himself, putting them to the sword without my father's knowledge; even Abner, the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah. 33 So their blood will be on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed for ever; but for David and his seed and his family and the seat of his kingdom, there will be peace for ever from the Lord.
  • Gen 30:33 : 33 And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come; if you see among my flocks any goats which are not marked or coloured, or any sheep which is not black, you may take me for a thief.
  • Gen 31:37 : 37 Now that you have made search through all my goods, what have you seen which is yours? Make it clear now before my people and your people, so that they may be judges between us.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 11:3-5
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    87%

    3 The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

    4 Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

    5 The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

  • Prov 13:6
    83%

    6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Prov 11:7-8
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    80%

    7 At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction.

    8 The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.

  • Prov 28:10
    79%

    10 Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

  • Prov 10:28-30
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    28 The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.

    29 The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

    30 The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

  • Prov 29:6
    79%

    6 In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.

  • Prov 21:18
    79%

    18 The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

  • Prov 28:18
    78%

    18 He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.

  • Prov 21:7
    78%

    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Prov 12:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6 The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.

    7 Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

  • Prov 12:12-13
    2 verses
    77%

    12 The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.

    13 In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.

  • Ps 1:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5 For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

    6 Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

  • Prov 12:26
    76%

    26 The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

  • Prov 10:2
    76%

    2 Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.

  • Prov 11:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    18 The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

    19 So righteousness gives life; but he who goes after evil gets death for himself.

  • Ps 37:38-39
    2 verses
    75%

    38 But as for the sinners, they will be cut off together; the end of the wrongdoers is destruction.

    39 But the Lord is the saviour of the upright: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

  • Prov 14:32
    75%

    32 The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

  • Prov 5:22
    75%

    22 The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.

  • Prov 2:22
    75%

    22 But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

  • Isa 5:23
    75%

    23 Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

  • Ezek 33:18
    74%

    18 When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it.

  • Prov 14:11
    74%

    11 The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.

  • Prov 21:12
    74%

    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Prov 11:31
    74%

    31 If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!

  • Job 17:8
    74%

    8 The upright are surprised at this, and he who has done no wrong is troubled because of the evil-doers.

  • Prov 29:16
    74%

    16 When evil men are in power, wrongdoing is increased; but the upright will have pleasure when they see their downfall.

  • Ps 37:17
    74%

    17 For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

  • Prov 12:21
    74%

    21 No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

  • Ezek 33:12
    74%

    12 And you, son of man, say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the upright man will not make him safe in the day when he does wrong; and the evil-doing of the evil man will not be the cause of his fall in the day when he is turned from his evil-doing; and the upright man will not have life because of his righteousness in the day when he does evil.

  • Ezek 18:26
    73%

    26 When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him; in the evil which he has done death will overtake him.

  • Prov 14:19
    73%

    19 The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9 He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.

  • Ps 34:21
    73%

    21 Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

  • Prov 11:21
    73%

    21 Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.

  • Job 36:17
    73%

    17 ...

  • Ps 107:42
    73%

    42 The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.

  • Prov 13:21
    73%

    21 Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

  • Prov 11:28
    73%

    28 He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

  • Ps 52:6
    73%

    6 The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you:

  • Ps 94:15
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    15 But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.