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the ambition of treacherous people traps them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/proverbs/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in <i>their own</i> naughtiness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, But the unfaithful will be caught by <i>their</i> lust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright will rescue them, But the treacherous will be caught by <i>their own</i> greed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, But the treacherous will be caught by their own greed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, But the treacherous will be caught by <i>their own</i> greed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, But the treacherous will be captured by <i>their own</i> desire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright will rescue them, But the treacherous will be caught by their own greed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright rescues them, but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright rescues them, but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Honesty can keep you safe, but if you can't be trusted, you trap yourself. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but they that deal treacherously shall be taken in their own mischief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Decent people are saved by their righteousness, but treacherous people are trapped by their own greed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Righteousness rescues those who are honest, but those who can't be trusted are trapped by their own greed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are trapped by their evil desires.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the faithless will be captured by their own desires. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright delivers them, "" And in mischief the treacherous are captured.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The justice of the upright shall deliver them, and transgressors shall be taken in their mischief.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The justice of the righteous shall deliver them: and the unjust shall be caught in their own snares. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The justice of the upright shall free them. And the iniquitous will be seized by their own treachery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The justice of the upright saves them, but the faithless are caught in their own intrigue. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright saves them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their schemes.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; but the transgressors shall be caught in their own wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright will save them, and the evil will be captured in their evil.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the faithless shall be trapped in their own crafty device.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The righteousness of upright men delivers them: but transgressors are caught in their own destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/11-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=1938" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/11.htm">Dishonest Scales</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6666.htm" title="6666: ṣiḏ·qaṯ (N-fsc) -- Righteousness. From tsadaq; rightness, subjectively, objectively, morally or figuratively.">The righteousness</a> <a href="/hebrew/3477.htm" title="3477: yə·šā·rîm (Adj-mp) -- Straight, right. From yashar; straight.">of the upright</a> <a href="/hebrew/5337.htm" title="5337: taṣ·ṣî·lêm (V-Hifil-Imperf-3fs:: 3mp) -- To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver. ">delivers them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/898.htm" title="898: bō·ḡə·ḏîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To act or deal treacherously. A primitive root; to cover; figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage.">but the faithless</a> <a href="/hebrew/3920.htm" title="3920: yil·lā·ḵê·ḏū (V-Nifal-Imperf-3mp) -- To capture, seize, take. A primitive root; to catch; generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose; figuratively, to cohere.">are trapped</a> <a href="/hebrew/1942.htm" title="1942: ū·ḇə·haw·waṯ (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Desire, chasm, destruction. From hava'; desire; also ruin.">by their own desires.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-40.htm">Psalm 37:40</a></span><br />The LORD helps and delivers them; He rescues and saves them from the wicked, because they take refuge in Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/34-21.htm">Psalm 34:21</a></span><br />Evil will slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/13-6.htm">Proverbs 13:6</a></span><br />Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/10-2.htm">Proverbs 10:2</a></span><br />Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/12-13.htm">Proverbs 12:13</a></span><br />An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/21-18.htm">Proverbs 21:18</a></span><br />The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/28-18.htm">Proverbs 28:18</a></span><br />He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-10.htm">Isaiah 3:10-11</a></span><br />Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor. / Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-20.htm">Ezekiel 18:20</a></span><br />The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-8.htm">Matthew 5:8</a></span><br />Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-33.htm">Matthew 6:33</a></span><br />But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-21.htm">Romans 6:21-22</a></span><br />What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death. / But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-13.htm">Romans 8:13</a></span><br />For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-8.htm">Galatians 6:8</a></span><br />The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm">1 Timothy 6:9-10</a></span><br />Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. / For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.</p><p class="hdg">righteousness</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/30-33.htm">Genesis 30:33</a></b></br> So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that <i>is</i> not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/31-37.htm">Genesis 31:37</a></b></br> Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set <i>it</i> here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/12-3.htm">1 Samuel 12:3,4</a></b></br> Behold, here I <i>am</i>: 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 I received <i>any</i> bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you… </p><p class="hdg">but</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/5-22.htm">Proverbs 5:22</a></b></br> His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/2-32.htm">1 Kings 2:32,33,44</a></b></br> 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 <i>thereof, to wit</i>, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/7-16.htm">Psalm 7:16</a></b></br> His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/137-3.htm">Captive</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-2.htm">Captured</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-22.htm">Caught</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-10.htm">Crafty</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-3.htm">Craving</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-5.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-4.htm">Delivereth</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-4.htm">Delivers</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-18.htm">Designs</a> <a href="/psalms/145-19.htm">Desires</a> <a href="/psalms/140-8.htm">Device</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-29.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-3.htm">Faithless</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-13.htm">False.</a> <a href="/psalms/41-2.htm">Greed</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-29.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-25.htm">Lust</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-23.htm">Mischief</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-28.htm">Naughtiness</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-5.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-2.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-22.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-3.htm">Transgressors</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-2.htm">Trapped</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-3.htm">Treacherous</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-3.htm">Unfaithful</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-3.htm">Upright</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/songs/7-5.htm">Captive</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-26.htm">Captured</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-28.htm">Caught</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-2.htm">Crafty</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-2.htm">Craving</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-6.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-6.htm">Delivereth</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-6.htm">Delivers</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-2.htm">Designs</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-12.htm">Desires</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-10.htm">Device</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-7.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-2.htm">Faithless</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-19.htm">False.</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-17.htm">Greed</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-7.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-24.htm">Lust</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-27.htm">Mischief</a> <a href="/james/1-21.htm">Naughtiness</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-16.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-6.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-26.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-2.htm">Transgressors</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-13.htm">Trapped</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-5.htm">Treacherous</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-2.htm">Unfaithful</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-7.htm">Upright</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/11-1.htm">On Deception</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "upright" are those who strive to live morally and ethically, aligning their lives with divine principles. This phrase suggests that such righteousness acts as a form of deliverance or salvation. In the Old Testament, deliverance often refers to being saved from physical danger or moral corruption. This concept is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/psalms/34-19.htm">Psalm 34:19</a>, which states that the righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all. The idea of righteousness leading to deliverance is also seen in the life of Noah, whose uprightness led to his and his family's salvation from the flood (<a href="/genesis/6-9.htm">Genesis 6:9</a>).<p><b>but the faithless are trapped by their own desires</b><br>The "faithless" refers to those who lack fidelity to God and His commandments. In biblical terms, faithlessness is often equated with idolatry or turning away from God. The imagery of being "trapped" suggests a snare or a pitfall, indicating that their own desires lead to their downfall. This is reminiscent of <a href="/james/1-14.htm">James 1:14-15</a>, which describes how desire, when it has conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. The faithless are ensnared by their own lusts and ambitions, which ultimately lead to spiritual and sometimes physical ruin. This principle is illustrated in the story of King Saul, whose disobedience and desire for power led to his downfall (1 Samuel 15).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_upright.htm">The Upright</a></b><br>Refers to individuals who live according to God's standards, embodying integrity and righteousness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_faithless.htm">The Faithless</a></b><br>Those who lack faith and moral integrity, often driven by selfish desires and deceit.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/deliverance.htm">Deliverance</a></b><br>The act of being saved or set free, often used in the context of spiritual or moral salvation.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/trapped.htm">Trapped</a></b><br>A metaphor for being ensnared or caught, often by one's own actions or desires.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/desires.htm">Desires</a></b><br>Refers to the inner cravings or lusts that can lead individuals away from righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_righteousness.htm">The Power of Righteousness</a></b><br>Righteousness is not just a moral standard but a protective force that delivers and preserves the upright.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_desires.htm">The Danger of Desires</a></b><br>Unchecked desires can lead to spiritual entrapment, highlighting the need for self-control and discernment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_and_integrity.htm">Faith and Integrity</a></b><br>Living a life of faith and integrity aligns us with God's will and provides a path to deliverance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_faithlessness.htm">The Consequences of Faithlessness</a></b><br>A lack of faith and moral integrity can lead to self-destruction, emphasizing the importance of a strong spiritual foundation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/pursuing_godly_desires.htm">Pursuing Godly Desires</a></b><br>Aligning our desires with God's will leads to true freedom and fulfillment, contrasting the entrapment of selfish desires.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_finds_joy_in_humility_and_virtue.htm">Who finds true happiness in humility and righteousness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_spanking.htm">What are the Bible's teachings on spanking children?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_the_righteous_suffer_harm.htm">How does Proverbs 12:21, declaring no harm befalls the righteous, hold up when many faithful people throughout biblical and modern times have endured great suffering and tragedy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_a_ransom_for_whom.htm">Who is a ransom for whom? Mark 10:45 and I Timothy 2:5-6 say Christ is a ransom for many/all. Proverbs 21:18 says the wicked is a ransom for the righteous.</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/proverbs/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">In their own naughtiness.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">passionate desire, </span>as at <a href="/proverbs/10-3.htm" title="The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casts away the substance of the wicked.">Proverbs 10:3</a>. Their own strong passions are their ruin.<p><span class= "bld">His expectation.</span>--What he hoped for, worldly prosperity. (Comp. <a href="//apocrypha.org/wisdom_of_solomon/5-14.htm" title="For the hope of the ungodly is like dust that is blown away with the wind; like a thin froth that is driven away with the storm; like as the smoke which is dispersed here and there with a tempest, and passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but a day.">Wisdom Of Solomon 5:14</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - An emphatic reiteration of the preceding sentences. <span class="cmt_word">Naughtiness</span>; "strong desire," as <a href="/proverbs/10-3.htm">Proverbs 10:3</a>, which leads to sin (<a href="/proverbs/5-22.htm">Proverbs 5:22</a>; <a href="/micah/7-3.htm">Micah 7:3</a>). The indulgence of their passions destroys sinners. Septuagint," Transgressors are taken by lack of counsel." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/11-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The righteousness</span><br /><span class="heb">צִדְקַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(ṣiḏ·qaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6666.htm">Strong's 6666: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rightness, subjectively, objectively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the upright</span><br /><span class="heb">יְ֭שָׁרִים</span> <span class="translit">(yə·šā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3477.htm">Strong's 3477: </a> </span><span class="str2">Straight, right</span><br /><br /><span class="word">delivers them,</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּצִּילֵ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(taṣ·ṣî·lêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5337.htm">Strong's 5337: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but the faithless</span><br /><span class="heb">בֹּגְדִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(bō·ḡə·ḏîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_898.htm">Strong's 898: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cover, to act covertly, to pillage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are trapped</span><br /><span class="heb">יִלָּכֵֽדוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yil·lā·ḵê·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3920.htm">Strong's 3920: </a> </span><span class="str2">To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by their own desires.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּ֝בְהַוַּ֗ת</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·haw·waṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1942.htm">Strong's 1942: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, chasm, destruction</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/11-6.htm">Proverbs 11:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/11-6.htm">Proverbs 11:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/11-6.htm">Proverbs 11:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/11-6.htm">Proverbs 11:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/11-6.htm">Proverbs 11:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/11-6.htm">Proverbs 11:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/11-6.htm">Proverbs 11:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/11-6.htm">Proverbs 11:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/11-6.htm">Proverbs 11:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/11-6.htm">Proverbs 11:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/11-6.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 11:6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver (Prov. 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