Proverbs 11:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁶ The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: But they that deal treacherously shall be taken in their own mischief.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: But transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ The righteousness of the upright [their rectitude in every area and relation] shall deliver them, but the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity and greedy desire.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.

Common English Bible

⁶ Those who do right are saved by their righteousness, but the untrustworthy are caught by their own desires.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ The justice of the upright shall free them. And the iniquitous will be seized by their own treachery.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ The justice of the righteous shall deliver them: and the unjust shall be caught in their own snares.

Proverbs 11:6 Cross References

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.

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.

1 Kings 2:44

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.

Psalm 9:15

The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

Proverbs 11:9

With his mouth the godless man destroyeth his neighbour: But through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.

Proverbs 5:22

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

Ecclesiastes 10:8

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

Judges 20:41

And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.