Proverbs 11:6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The righteousness of the upright rescues them, but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:8

The one who digs a pit may fall into it, and the one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

Proverbs 5:22

A wicked man’s iniquities will trap him; he will become tangled in the ropes of his own sin.

1 Kings 2:44

The king also said, ‘You yourself know all the evil that you did to my father David.  Therefore, the Lord has brought back your evil on your head,

Genesis 31:37

You’ve searched all my possessions! Have you found anything of yours?  Put it here before my relatives and yours, and let them decide between the two of us.

Genesis 30:33

In the future when you come to check on my wages, my honesty will testify for me. If I have any female goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not black, they will be considered stolen.’

Judges 20:41

Then the men of Israel returned, and the men of Benjamin were terrified when they realised that disaster had struck them.

Proverbs 11:9

With his mouth the ungodly destroys his neighbour, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.