Proverbs 11:6
The Scripture
(6) The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Proverbs 11 opens declaring that a false balance is an abomination to the Lord but a just weight is His delight. It contrasts pride with humility, and shows that a city rises or falls by the influence of the righteous or the wicked. The chapter closes noting that troubling one's own house brings ruin, that the righteous flourish like a tree of life, and that both righteous and wicked will be recompensed.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Genesis 30:33Genesis 31:37I Samuel 12:3I Samuel 12:4Proverbs 5:22I Kings 2:32I Kings 2:33I Kings 2:44Psalms 7:16Ecclesiastes 10:8
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