Dishonest Scales
Proverbs 11:6
In 11 translations
- BSB
- The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.
- KJV
- The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
- WEB
- The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.
- ASV
- The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.
- LSV
- The righteousness of the upright delivers them, || And in mischief the treacherous are captured.
- YLT
- The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.
- DBY
- The righteousness of the upright delivereth them; but the treacherous are taken in their own craving.
- DRC
- The justice of the righteous shall deliver them: and the unjust shall be caught in their own snares.
- GNV
- The righteousnesse of the iust shall deliuer them: but the transgressers shall be taken in their owne wickednes.
- JPS
- The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; but the faithless shall be trapped in their own crafty device.
- LXXE
- The righteousness of upright men delivers them: but transgressors are caught in their own destruction.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- צִדְקַ֣ת יְ֭שָׁרִים תַּצִּילֵ֑ם וּ֝בְהַוַּ֗ת בֹּגְדִ֥ים יִלָּכֵֽדוּ׃
- LXX-Br
- Δικαιοσύνη ἀνδρῶν ὀρθῶν ῥύεται αὐτούς, τῇ δὲ ἀπωλείᾳ αὐτῶν ἁλίσκονται παράνομοι.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Naught; Naughty; NaughtinessPoetryUprightnessRighteousnessProverbs, the Book ofSinGodWicked (People)
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Cross-references most cited first
- Ecclesiastes 10:8He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
- 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.
- Psalms 7:15–16He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making. His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
- Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
- 1 Samuel 12:3–4Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I…
- 1 Kings 2:32–33The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of…
- Genesis 30:33So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”
- Genesis 31:37You have searched all my goods! Have you found anything that belongs to you? Put it here before my brothers and yours, that they may judge between the two of us.
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