Proverbs 11:6

6 The righteousness of the upright will save them, but by a scheme the treacherous will be taken captive.

Proverbs 11:6 In-Context

4 Wealth does not profit on the day of wrath, but righteousness will deliver from death.
5 The righteousness of the blameless will keep his ways straight, but the wicked will fall by his wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright will save them, but by a scheme the treacherous will be taken captive.
7 With the death of a wicked person, hope will die, and the expectation of the godless perishes.
8 The righteous is delivered from trouble, but the wicked enters into it.
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