Proverbs 11:6

The Message

Good character is the best insurance; crooks get trapped in their sinful lust.

Cross References

1 Kings 2:44

Then the king told Shimei, “Deep in your heart you know all the evil that you did to my father David; God will now avenge that evil on you. But King Solomon will be blessed and the rule of David will be a sure thing under God forever.”

Psalm 9:15

They’re trapped, those godless countries, in the very snares they set, Their feet all tangled in the net they spread. They have no excuse; the way God works is well-known. The shrewd machinery made by the wicked has maimed their own hands.

Proverbs 11:9

The loose tongue of the godless spreads destruction; the common sense of the godly preserves them.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

Caution: The trap you set might catch you. Warning: Your accomplice in crime might double-cross you.

Judges 20:41

By the time the men of Israel had turned back on them, the men of Benjamin fell apart—they could see that they were trapped. Confronted by the Israelites, they tried to get away down the wilderness road, but by now the battle was everywhere. The men of Israel poured out of the towns, killing them right and left, hot on their trail, picking them off east of Gibeah. * * *