Amsal 11:6

11:6 The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, ¹ 

but the faithless will be captured ²  by their own desires. ³ 

Amsal 14:20

14:20 A poor person is disliked ⁴  even by his neighbors,

but those who love the rich are many.

[11:6]  ¹ sn The contrast is between being rescued or delivered (נָצַל, natsal) and being captured (לָכַד, lakhad). Righteousness is freeing; [evil] desires are enslaving.

[11:6]  ² tn Heb “taken captive” (so NRSV); NIV, TEV “are trapped.”

[11:6]  ³ tn Heb “but by the desire of the faithless are they taken captive.”

[14:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “hated.” The verse is just a statement of fact. The verbs “love” and “hate” must be seen in their connotations: The poor are rejected, avoided, shunned – that is, hated; but the rich are sought after, favored, embraced – that is, loved.