Proverbs 11:6
The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.
Cross References
Judges 20:41
Then the men of Israel turned back on them, and the men of Benjamin were terrified when they realized that disaster had come upon them.

Psalm 7:15
He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.

Psalm 7:16
His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.

Psalm 9:15
The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

Proverbs 11:9
With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.

Ecclesiastes 10:8
He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.


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

righteousness



Genesis 30:33
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 shall be counted stolen with me.



Genesis 31:37
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.



1 Samuel 12:3,4
Behold, here I am: 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 any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you…

but



Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.



1 Kings 2:32,33,44
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 thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah…



Psalm 7:16
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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