English Standard Version
Proverbs 13:6
6Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless, but sin overthrows the wicked.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless, But wickedness overthrows the sinner.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Godliness guards the path of the blameless, but the evil are misled by sin.
Context of Proverbs 13:6
4The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied. 5The righteous hates falsehood, but the wicked brings shame and disgrace. Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless, but sin overthrows the wicked. 7One pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth. 8The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but a poor man 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 crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
- Psalms 15:2He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart;
- Psalms 25:21May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.
- Psalms 26:1Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
- Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
- Proverbs 21:12The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked down to ruin.
- 2 Chronicles 28:23For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus that had defeated him and said, "Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped 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 slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
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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