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Proverbs 11:6

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

KJV

Justitia rectorum liberabit eos, et in insidiis suis capientur iniqui.

Vulgate

δικαιοσύνη ἀνδρῶν ὀρθῶν ῥύεται αὐτούς, τῇ δὲ ἀπωλείᾳ αὐτῶν ἁλίσκονται παράνομοι.

LXX

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

ASV

צִדְקַ֣ת יְ֭שָׁרִים תַּצִּילֵ֑/ם וּ֝/בְ/הַוַּ֗ת בֹּגְדִ֥ים יִלָּכֵֽדוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֹּגְדִ֣ים
bgdym
verb · 49×
הַוּֽוֹת
hvvt
noun · 16×
הּ
h
verb · 121×
יָּשָׁ֖ר
yshr
adjective · 114×
נִי
ny
verb · 211×
צְדָקָ֖ה
tsdqh
noun · 157×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 2:32 — And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son
  • 1Kgs 2:44 — The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
  • 1Sam 12:3 — Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have
  • Eccl 10:8 — He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
  • Prov 5:22 — His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
  • Ps 7:15 — He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.