Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

New American Standard Bible

The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,
But the treacherous will be caught by their own greed.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

The righteousness of the upright rescues them,
but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.

International Standard Version

The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are trapped by their evil desires.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


The righteousness of the upright will rescue them,
But the treacherous will be caught by their own greed.

Darby Translation

The righteousness of the upright delivereth them; but the treacherous are taken in their own craving.

Julia Smith Translation

The justice of the upright shall deliver them, and transgressors shall be taken in their mischief.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

The righteousness of the upright will save them, but by a scheme the treacherous will be taken captive.

Modern King James verseion

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but deceivers shall be taken in lust.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The righteousness of the just shall deliver them; but the despisers shall be taken in their own ungodliness.

NET Bible

The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the faithless will be captured by their own desires.

New Heart English Bible

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

The Emphasized Bible

The righteousness of the upright, shall deliver them, but, by their own craving, shall the treacherous be captured.

Webster

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

World English Bible

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

Youngs Literal Translation

The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נצל 
Natsal 
Usage: 213

לכד 
Lakad 
Usage: 121

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

5 The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall. 6 The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs. 7 At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction.



Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:8

He who makes a hole for others will himself go into it, and for him who makes a hole through a wall the bite of a snake will be a punishment.

Genesis 30:33

And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come; if you see among my flocks any goats which are not marked or coloured, or any sheep which is not black, you may take me for a thief.

Genesis 31:37

Now that you have made search through all my goods, what have you seen which is yours? Make it clear now before my people and your people, so that they may be judges between us.

1 Samuel 12:3-4

Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.

1 Kings 2:32-33

And the Lord will send back his blood on his head, because of the attack he made on two men more upright and better than himself, putting them to the sword without my father's knowledge; even Abner, the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

1 Kings 2:44

And the king said to Shimei, You have knowledge of all the evil which you did to David my father; and now the Lord has sent back your evil on yourself.

Psalm 7:15-16

He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made

Proverbs 5:22

The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.

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