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Proverbs 11:5-6

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11:5 The righteousness of the blameless will make straight their way, 1 

but the wicked person will fall by his own wickedness. 2 

11:6 The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, 3 

but the faithless will be captured 4  by their own desires. 5 

1 tn Heb “his way.”

2 sn The righteous will enjoy security and serenity throughout life. Righteousness makes the path straight; wickedness destroys the wicked.

3 sn The contrast is between being rescued or delivered (נָצַל, natsal) and being captured (לָכַד, lakhad). Righteousness is freeing; [evil] desires are enslaving.

4 tn Heb “taken captive” (so NRSV); NIV, TEV “are trapped.”

5 tn Heb “but by the desire of the faithless are they taken captive.”



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