New King James Version
Proverbs 13:6
6Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless, But wickedness overthrows 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 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 a lazy man desires, and has nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich. 5A righteous man hates lying, But a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame. Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless, But wickedness overthrows the sinner. 7There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; And one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches. 8The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, But the poor does not hear rebuke.
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 will guide them, But the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them.
- Psalms 15:2He who walks uprightly, And works righteousness, And speaks the truth in his heart;
- Psalms 25:21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for You.
- Psalms 26:1Vindicate me, O Lord, For I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in the Lord; I shall not slip.
- Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities entrap the wicked man, And he is caught in the cords of his sin.
- Proverbs 21:12The righteous God wisely considers the house of the wicked, Overthrowing the wicked for their wickedness.
- 2 Chronicles 28:23For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had defeated him, saying, “Because 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 a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him.”
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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