Proverbs 11:6

World English Bible (2000)

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 10:8 : 8 He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
  • 1 Kgs 2:44 : 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, "You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father. Therefore Yahweh shall return your wickedness on your own head.
  • Ps 7:15-16 : 15 He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made. 16 The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
  • 1 Sam 12:3-4 : 3 Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes therewith? I will restore it to you." 4 They said, "You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything of any man's hand."
  • 1 Kgs 2:32-33 : 32 Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn't know it: 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 shall their blood return on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed forever. But to David, and to his seed, and to his house, and to his throne, there shall be peace forever from Yahweh."
  • Gen 30:33 : 33 So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will be counted stolen."
  • Gen 31:37 : 37 Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my relatives and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.

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    10Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.

  • Prov 10:28-30
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    28The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish.

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    6An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.

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    18Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

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    6The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

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    12The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

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    2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

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    18Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

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    38As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.

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    32The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

  • Prov 5:22
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    22The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

  • Prov 2:22
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    22But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.

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    23who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!

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

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