So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will be counted stolen.*
Proverbs 11:6 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: But transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity. Common English Bible Those who do right are saved by their righteousness, but the untrustworthy are caught by their own desires. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 The justice of the righteous shall deliver them: and the unjust shall be caught in their own snares. |
So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will be counted stolen.*
Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my relatives and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.
The king said moreover to Shim`i, You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return your wickedness on your own head.
The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.
The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
The men of Yisra'el turned, and the men of Binyamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil had come on them.