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

4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. 5A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner. 7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. 8The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

Proverbs 13:6 word by word

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

• Righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedâqâh · righteousnessH6666
• keepethנָצַרnâtsar · to watchH5341
• uprightתֹּםtôm · integrityH8537
• in the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• but wickednessרִשְׁעָהrish‛âh · wickednessH7564
• overthrowethסָלַףsâlaph · to pervertH5557
• the sinnerחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403

Cross-references for Proverbs 13:6

• Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
• Psalms 15:2He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
• Psalms 25:21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
• Psalms 26:1Judge me, O Yhwh; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Yhwh; therefore I shall not slide.
• Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
• Proverbs 21:12The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
• 2 Chronicles 28:23For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
• Psalms 140:11Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall 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

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