Proverbs 11:6

Proverbs chapter 11 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.

Context

v.5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

v.6This passage

v.7When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish; And the hope of iniquity perisheth.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 5:22

    His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

  • Genesis 30:33

    So shall my righteousness answer for me hereafter, when thou shalt come concerning my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that, if found with me, shall be counted stolen.

  • 1 Kings 2:44

    The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore Jehovah shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head.

  • Ecclesiastes 10:8

    He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.

  • 1 Samuel 12:3

    Here I am: witness against me before Jehovah, 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 taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

  • Genesis 31:37

    Whereas thou hast felt about 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 two.