Proverbs 11:6

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Doing right sets honest people free, but people who can’t be trusted are trapped by their greed.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:8

If you dig a hole, you might fall into it. If you break down a wall, you might be bitten by a snake.

Proverbs 5:22

The sins of the wicked will trap them. Those sins will be like ropes holding them back.

1 Kings 2:44

You know all the bad things you did to my father David. Now the Lord will punish you for it.

Genesis 31:37

You looked through everything I own and found nothing that belongs to you. If you found something, show it to me. Put it here where our men can see it. Let our men decide which one of us is right.

Genesis 30:33

In the future you can easily see if I am honest. You can come to look at my flocks. If I have any goat that isn’t spotted or any sheep that isn’t black, you will know that I stole it.”

Psalm 9:15

Those other nations have fallen into the pit they dug to catch others. They have been caught in their own trap.

Proverbs 11:9

With their words hypocrites can destroy their neighbors. But with what they know, good people can escape.