Proverbs 11:6

King James Version 1611 (Original)

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 10:8 : 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
  • 1 Kgs 2:44 : 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;
  • Ps 7:15-16 : 15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
  • 1 Sam 12:3-4 : 3 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. 4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.
  • 1 Kgs 2:32-33 : 32 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. 33 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.
  • Gen 30:33 : 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.
  • Gen 31:37 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

    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.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  • Prov 11:7-8
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    80%

    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.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

  • Prov 10:28-30
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    28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

    29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

    30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

  • Prov 29:6
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    6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

  • Prov 28:18
    78%

    18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

  • Prov 12:6-7
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    77%

    6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

    7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • Prov 12:12-13
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    77%

    12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

    13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

  • Ps 1:5-6
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    5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

    6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • Prov 12:26
    76%

    26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

  • Prov 10:2
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    2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

  • Prov 11:18-19
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    76%

    18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

    19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

  • Ps 37:38-39
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    38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

    39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

  • Prov 14:32
    75%

    32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

  • Prov 5:22
    75%

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

  • Prov 2:22
    75%

    22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

  • Isa 5:23
    75%

    23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

  • Ezek 33:18
    74%

    18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

  • Prov 14:11
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    11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Prov 11:31
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    31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

  • Job 17:8
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    8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

  • Prov 29:16
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    16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

  • Ps 37:17
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    17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

  • Ezek 33:12
    74%

    12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.

  • Ezek 18:26
    73%

    26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

  • Prov 11:21
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    21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

  • Job 36:17
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    17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

  • Ps 107:42
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    42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

  • Prov 13:21
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    21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

  • Prov 11:28
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    28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

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    6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

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    15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.