Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 13:6
6Righteousness guards people of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.
Proverbs 13:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
- New International Version (NIV)Righteousness guards the person of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless, but sin overthrows the wicked.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless, But wickedness overthrows the sinner.
Context of Proverbs 13:6
4The slacker craves, yet has nothing, but the diligent is fully satisfied. 5The righteous hate lying, but the wicked bring disgust and shame. Righteousness guards people of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner. 7One person pretends to be rich but has nothing; another pretends to be poor but has abundant wealth. 8Riches are a ransom for a person’s life, but a poor person hears no threat.
Read all of Proverbs 13Proverbs 13:6 word by word
צְ֭דָקָה תִּצֹּ֣ר תָּם־דָּ֑רֶךְ וְ֝רִשְׁעָ֗ה תְּסַלֵּ֥ף חַטָּֽאת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 13:6
- Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the treacherous destroys them.
- Psalms 15:2The one who lives blamelessly, practices righteousness, and acknowledges the truth in his heart —
- Psalms 25:21May integrity and what is right watch over me, for I wait for you.
- Psalms 26:1Vindicate me, Lord, because I have lived with integrity and have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
- Proverbs 5:22A wicked man’s iniquities will trap him; he will become tangled in the ropes of his own sin.
- Proverbs 21:12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he brings the wicked to ruin.
- 2 Chronicles 28:23He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had defeated him; he said, “Since the gods of the kings of Aram are helping them, I will sacrifice to them so that they will help me.” But they were the downfall of him and of all Israel.
- Psalms 140:11Do not let a slanderer stay in the land. Let evil relentlessly hunt down a violent man.
Commentaries on Proverbs 13:6
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6Verse 6 An honest desire to do right, preserves a man from fatal mistakes, better than a thousand fine-drawn distinctions.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. A sentiment of frequent recurrence, that piety benefits and sin injures.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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