The Meaning of Proverbs 11:6 Explained

Proverbs 11:6

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

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

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 11:6 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 11

1  On Deception

What do the individual words in Proverbs 11:6 mean?

The righteousness of the upright will deliver them but by [their] lust the unfaithful will be caught
צִדְקַ֣ת יְ֭שָׁרִים תַּצִּילֵ֑ם וּ֝בְהַוַּ֗ת בֹּגְדִ֥ים יִלָּכֵֽדוּ

צִדְקַ֣ת  The  righteousness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: צְדָקָה  
Sense: justice, righteousness.
יְ֭שָׁרִים  of  the  upright 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: יָשָׁר 
Sense: straight, upright, correct, right.
תַּצִּילֵ֑ם  will  deliver  them 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person feminine singular, third person masculine plural
Root: נָצַל  
Sense: to snatch away, deliver, rescue, save, strip, plunder.
וּ֝בְהַוַּ֗ת  but  by  [their]  lust 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: הַוָּה 
Sense: desire.
בֹּגְדִ֥ים  the  unfaithful 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: בָּגַד  
Sense: to act treacherously, deceitfully, deal treacherously.
יִלָּכֵֽדוּ  will  be  caught 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: לָכַד  
Sense: to capture, take, seize.