God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 13:6
6Righteousness protects the honest way of life, but wickedness ruins a sacrifice for sin.
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 lazy person craves food and there is none, but the appetite of hard-working people is satisfied. 5A righteous person hates lying, but a wicked person behaves with shame and disgrace. Righteousness protects the honest way of life, but wickedness ruins a sacrifice for sin. 7One person pretends to be rich but has nothing. Another pretends to be poor but has great wealth. 8A person’s riches are the ransom for his life, but the poor person does not pay attention to threats.
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 11:3Integrity guides decent people, but hypocrisy leads treacherous people to ruin.
- Psalms 15:2The one who walks with integrity, does what is righteous, and speaks the truth within his heart.
- Psalms 25:21Integrity and honesty will protect me because I wait for you.
- Psalms 26:1Judge me favorably, O Lord, because I have walked with integrity and I have trusted you without wavering.
- Proverbs 5:22A wicked person will be trapped by his own wrongs, and he will be caught in the ropes of his own sin.
- Proverbs 21:12A righteous person wisely considers the house of a wicked person. He throws wicked people into disasters.
- 2 Chronicles 28:23He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, the gods who had defeated him. He thought, “The gods of the kings of Aram are helping them. I’ll sacrifice to them so that they will help me.” But they ruined him and all Israel.
- Psalms 140:11Do not let slanderers prosper on earth. Let evil hunt down violent people with one blow after another.
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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