Proverbs 11:6
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness."
Word-by-Word Analysis
צְדָקָה
tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
יָשָׁר
yâshâr
straight (literally or figuratively)
נָצַל
nâtsal
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
בָּגַד
bâgad
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
הַוָּה
havvâh
by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin
Key Terms in This Verse
בָּגַד bâgad
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
Study H898 →צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
Study H6666 →Cross References
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
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;
So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that sha...
Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.
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