Proverbs 11:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but transgressors shall be captured by their own evil.

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  • Eccl 10:8 : 8 He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaks an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
  • 1 Kgs 2:44 : 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which your heart knows very well, that you did to David my father; therefore the Lord will return your wickedness upon your own head.
  • Ps 7:15-16 : 15 He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall capture the wicked, and he shall be held 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 donkey have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I received any bribe to blind my eyes with it? and I will restore it to you. 4 And they said, You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything from any man's hand.
  • 1 Kgs 2:32-33 : 32 And the Lord will return his blood upon his own head, who struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, my father David not knowing of it: namely, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah. 33 Their blood shall return upon the head of Joab and upon the head of his descendants forever; but upon David, and his descendants, and upon his house, and upon his throne, there shall be peace forever from the Lord.
  • Gen 30:33 : 33 "So my righteousness shall answer for me in time to come, when it comes for my wages before your face. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and brown among the sheep shall be counted stolen with me."
  • Gen 31:37 : 37 Whereas you have searched all my goods, what have you found of all your household goods? set it here before my brethren and your brethren, that they may judge between us both.

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    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the crookedness of transgressors shall destroy them.

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  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 11:7-8
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    7When a wicked man dies, his hope shall perish, and the expectation of unjust men perishes.

    8The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his place.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Prov 28:18
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    18Whoever walks uprightly shall be saved, but he who is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Prov 12:6-7
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    6The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

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  • Prov 12:12-13
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    12The wicked desires the catch of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields fruit.

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

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    26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

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

  • Prov 11:18-19
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    18The wicked works a deceitful work, but he who sows righteousness shall have a sure reward.

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  • Ps 37:38-39
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    38But the transgressors shall be destroyed altogether; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.

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

  • Prov 14:32
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    32The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope in his death.

  • Prov 5:22
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    22His own iniquities shall capture the wicked, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.

  • Prov 2:22
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    22But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors will be rooted out of it.

  • Isa 5:23
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    23Who justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

  • Ezek 33:18
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    18When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it.

  • Prov 14:11
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    11The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

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  • Prov 29:16
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    16When the wicked multiply, transgression increases; but the righteous shall see their fall.

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    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

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    21No harm befalls the just, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

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    12Therefore, son of man, say to the children of your 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 turns from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sins.

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    19The evil will bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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    9He who walks uprightly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways shall be known.

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    21Evil shall slay the wicked: and those who hate the righteous shall be desolate.

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    21Though they join hands, the wicked shall not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous shall be delivered.

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    17But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you.

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  • Prov 13:21
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    21Evil pursues sinners, but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

  • Prov 11:28
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    28He who trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish like a branch.

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

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