Proverbs 11:6
The righteousness of the upright, shall deliver them, but, by their own craving, shall the treacherous be captured.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
7When the lawless man dieth, his expectation, perisheth, and, the hope of strong men, hath vanished.
Cross References
Genesis 30:33And my righteousness shall answer for me on a future day, when thou shall come in respecting my hire that is before thee, Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and dark-coloured among the young sheep, stolen, shall it be accounted, if found with me.
1 Samuel 12:3Behold me! testify against me, before Yahweh, and before his Anointed—Whose, ox, have I taken? or whose, ass, have I taken? or whom have I oppressed? Whom have I crushed? or at whose, hands, have I taken a bribe, to cover up mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it unto you.
1 Kings 2:44Then said the king unto Shimei—Thou, knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, which thou didst unto David my father,—therefore shall Yahweh bring back thy wickedness, upon thine own head.
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities, shall entrap him with the lawless, and, by the cords of his own sin, shall he be seized.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:6-7
5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. 6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. These two verses are, in effect, the same, and both to the same purport with v. 3 . For the truths are here of such certainty and weight that they cannot be too often inculcated. Let us govern ourselves by these principles. I. That the ways of religion are plain and safe, and in them we may enjoy a… Read the whole commentary →