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In Proverbs 11:6, Solomon says, The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be caught by their own greed (v. 6). Righteousness is portrayed again as a rescuing force because it keeps a person within the boundaries of God’s design. Uprightness preserves the one who walks in it.
The treacherous are different because greed becomes their snare. Their desire for more is not simple need, but appetite that has detached from wisdom. Greed convinces them that gain is salvation, but Proverbs shows that grasping beyond God’s boundaries always turns into entrapment.
To be caught by their own greed is a vivid picture. The very thing they chase becomes the thing that imprisons them. This aligns with New Testament warnings such as 1 Timothy 6:9-10, where the love of money leads people into ruin and destruction.
Used with permission from TheBibleSays.com.
You can access the original article here:Proverbs 11:6 Meaning
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