Proverbs 13:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁶ Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way: But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Righteousness (rightness and justice in every area and relation) guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness plunges into sin and overthrows the sinner.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

Common English Bible

⁶ Righteousness guards the innocent on the path, but wickedness misleads sinners.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Justice guards the way of the innocent. But impiety undermines the sinner.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Justice keepeth the way of the innocent: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

Proverbs 13:6 Cross References

1 Kings 1:52

And Solomon said, If he shall shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness be found in him, he shall die.

1 Kings 13:34

And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

2 Chronicles 28:23

For 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.

Psalm 119:1

Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of the LORD.

Psalm 140:11

An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Psalm 15:2

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, And speaketh truth in his heart.

Psalm 25:21

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait on thee.

Psalm 26:1

Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD without wavering.

Proverbs 10:29

The way of the LORD is a strong hold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

Proverbs 11:20

They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD: But such as are perfect in their way are his delight.

Proverbs 11:3

The integrity of the upright shall guide them: But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

Proverbs 21:12

The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked; How the wicked are overthrown to their ruin.

Proverbs 5:22

His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.