Proverbs 11:6
in Proverbs 11The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.
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ASV
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.
KJV
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
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This verse in Proverbs 11
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Riches are worthless in the day of wrath
on Proverbs 11:4-8
“Riches are worthless in the day of wrath” states what money cannot buy, and righteousness stands as the one deliverance named. The four proverbs that follow work the same ground: “the wicked fall by their own wickedness,” and the two courses end apart even in trouble.
This site's exposition
The righteousness of the upright delivers them
Righteousness delivers the upright here as it delivered from death in verse 4. The faithless are caught by their own desires, in a snare their appetite laid. Their craving becomes the trap.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them,....
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| צִדְקַ֣ת | tzidkat | [the] righteousness of | H6666 → | 157 times |
| יְ֭שָׁרִים | yesharim | upright [people] | H3477 → | 119 times |
| תַּצִּילֵ֑ם | tatzilem | it delivers them | H5337 → | 212 times |
| וּ֝בְהַוַּ֗ת | uvehavat | and by [the] craving of | H1942 → | 16 times |
| בֹּגְדִ֥ים | bogedim | treacherous [people] | H898 → | 49 times |
| יִלָּכֵֽדוּ׃ | yilakhedu | they are caught | H3920 → | 121 times |
צִדְקַ֣ת[the] righteousness of
tzidkatH6666 →157 times
יְ֭שָׁרִיםupright [people]
yesharimH3477 →119 times
תַּצִּילֵ֑םit delivers them
tatzilemH5337 →212 times
וּ֝בְהַוַּ֗תand by [the] craving of
uvehavatH1942 →16 times
בֹּגְדִ֥יםtreacherous [people]
bogedimH898 →49 times
יִלָּכֵֽדוּ׃they are caught
yilakheduH3920 →121 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ecclesiastes 10:8He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
it leads to
- Proverbs 26:27
He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
- Psalms 7:15–16
He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
- Amos 5:19
It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a…
- Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
- Psalms 9:15–16
The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
- Proverbs 26:27
Through
1 Kings 2:44The king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 16:5–13
As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out…
- Psalms 7:16
His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
- 1 Samuel 25:39
On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought…
- 2 Samuel 16:5–13
Where this verse is studied
About Proverbs
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.