Proverbs 11:6
Strong's Lexicon
The righteousness
צִדְקַ֣ת (ṣiḏ·qaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6666: 1) justice, righteousness 1a) righteousness (in government) 1a1) of judge, ruler, king 1a2) of law 1a3) of Davidic king Messiah 1b) righteousness (of God's attribute) 1c) righteousness (in a case or cause) 1d) righteousness, truthfulness 1e) righteousness (as ethically right) 1f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification, salvation 1f1) of God 1f2) prosperity (of people) 1g) righteous acts

of the upright
יְ֭שָׁרִים (yə·šā·rîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3477: 1) straight, upright, correct, right 1a) straight, level 1b) right, pleasing, correct 1c) straightforward, just, upright, fitting, proper 1d) uprightness, righteous, upright 1e) that which is upright (subst)

delivers them,
תַּצִּילֵ֑ם (taṣ·ṣî·lêm)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5337: 1) to snatch away, deliver, rescue, save, strip, plunder 1a)(Niphal) 1a1) to tear oneself away, deliver oneself 1a2) to be torn out or away, be delivered 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to strip off, spoil 1b2) to deliver 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to take away, snatch away 1c2) to rescue, recover 1c3) to deliver (from enemies or troubles or death) 1c4) to deliver from sin and guilt 1d) (Hophal) to be plucked out 1e) (Hithpael) to strip oneself

but the faithless
בֹּגְדִ֥ים (bō·ḡə·ḏîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 898: 1) to act treacherously, deceitfully, deal treacherously 1a) (Qal) to act or deal treacherously, faithlessly, deceitfully, offend

are trapped
יִלָּכֵֽדוּ׃ (yil·lā·ḵê·ḏū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3920: 1) to capture, take, seize 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to capture, seize 1a2) to capture (of men) (fig.) 1a3) to take (by lot) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be captured 1b2) to be caught (of men in trap, snare) (fig.) 1c) (Hithpael) to grasp each other

by their own desires.
וּ֝בְהַוַּ֗ת (ū·ḇə·haw·waṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1942: 1) desire 1a) desire (in bad sense) 2) chasm (fig. of destruction) 2a) engulfing ruin, destruction, calamity

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.

Young's Literal Translation
The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.

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

New American Standard Bible
The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, But the treacherous will be caught by [their own] greed.

King James Bible
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.

New Living Translation
The godliness of good people rescues them; the ambition of treacherous people traps them.

English Standard Version
The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust.

New American Standard Bible
The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, But the treacherous will be caught by their own greed.

King James Bible
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

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

International Standard Version
The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are trapped by their evil desires.

NET Bible
The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the faithless will be captured by their own desires.

American Standard Version
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.

English Revised Version
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but they that deal treacherously shall be taken in their own mischief.

Young's Literal Translation
The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.
















Cross References
Judges 20:41
And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.

Psalm 7:15
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

Psalm 7:16
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

Psalm 9:15
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

Proverbs 11:9
An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

Ecclesiastes 10:8
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

Proverbs 11:4
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

Proverbs 11:3
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

Proverbs 11:7
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
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