Proverbs 13:6

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

4A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. 5A righteous [man] hateth lying; but the wicked maketh himself odious and cometh to shame. Righteousness preserveth him that is perfect in the way; but wickedness overthroweth the sinner. 7There is that feigneth himself rich, and hath nothing; there is that maketh himself poor, and hath great wealth. 8The ransom of a man's life is his riches; but the indigent heareth not rebuke.

Proverbs 13:6 word by word

צְ֭דָקָה תִּצֹּ֣ר תָּם־דָּ֑רֶךְ וְ֝רִשְׁעָ֗ה תְּסַלֵּ֥ף חַטָּֽאת׃Read the interlinear

• Righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedâqâh · righteousnessH6666
• wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• wickednessרִשְׁעָהrish‛âh · wickednessH7564

Cross-references for Proverbs 13:6

• Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright guideth them; but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroyeth them.
• Psalms 15:2He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth from his heart.
• Psalms 25:21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
• Psalms 26:1Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have confided in Jehovah: I shall not slip.
• Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
• Proverbs 21:12One that is righteous wisely considereth the house of the wicked: he overthroweth the wicked to [their] ruin.
• 2 Chronicles 28:23And he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which had smitten him; and he said, Since the gods of the kings of Syria help them, I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
• Psalms 140:11Let not the man of [evil] tongue be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the man of violence to [his] ruin.

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

Topics related to Proverbs 13:6

• Righteousness
• Sin
• Wicked (People)

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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