“The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.”
Proverbs 11:6 (KJV) |
Proverbs 11:6
From Proverbs 11, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.