Proverbs 11:6

God's Word

Decent people are saved by their righteousness, but treacherous people are trapped by their own greed.

Cross References

Genesis 30:33

My honesty will speak for itself whenever you come to check on my wages. Any goat I have that isn’t speckled or spotted or any lamb that isn’t black will be considered stolen.”

Genesis 31:37

Now that you’ve rummaged through all my things, did you find anything from your house? Put it here in front of all our relatives. Let them decide which one of us is right.

1 Kings 2:44

Shimei, you know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. The Lord is going to pay you back for the evil you have done.

Psalm 9:15

The nations have sunk into the pit they have made. Their feet are caught in the net they have hidden ⌞to trap others⌟.

Proverbs 11:9

With his talk a godless person can ruin his neighbor, but righteous people are rescued by knowledge.

Proverbs 5:22

A wicked person will be trapped by his own wrongs, and he will be caught in the ropes of his own sin.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

Whoever digs a pit may fall into it. Whoever breaks through a stone wall may be bitten by a snake.

Judges 20:41

Then the men of Israel turned around, and the men of Benjamin panicked. They realized that their evil had overtaken them.