Proverbs 11:6-9

New International Version - UK

⁶The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.

⁷Hopes placed in mortals die with them;
all the promise of^[a] their power comes to nothing.

⁸The righteous person is rescued from trouble,
and it falls on the wicked instead.

⁹With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbours,
but through knowledge the righteous escape.

Proverbs 11:7 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum When the wicked die, their hope perishes; / all they expected from

Proverbs 11:6-9

New International Version

⁶The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.^(A)

⁷Hopes placed in mortals die with them;^(B)
all the promise of^[a] their power comes to nothing.^(C)

⁸The righteous person is rescued from trouble,
and it falls on the wicked instead.^(D)

⁹With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,
but through knowledge the righteous escape.^(E)

Proverbs 11:7 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum When the wicked die, their hope perishes; / all they expected from

⁶The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

⁷When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

⁸The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

⁹An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

New International Version - UK (NIVUK)

New International Version (NIV)