Proverbs 13:6 - The Scriptures 2009

⁶ Righteousness watches over him who is perfect in the way, But wrongness overthrows 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.

Proverbs 13:6 Cross References

1 Kings 1:52

And Shelomoh said, “If he proves himself a worthy man, not one hair of him is going to fall to the earth, but if evil is found in him, then he shall die.”

1 Kings 13:34

And this matter was the sin of the house of Yaroḇ‛am, even to cut it off and destroy it from the face of the earth.

2 Chronicles 28:23

and he slaughtered to the mighty ones of Darmeseq, those striking him, saying, “Because the mighty ones of the sovereigns of Aram help them, I slaughter to them and they help me.” But they were to cause him and all Yisra’ĕl to stumble.

Psalm 119:1

Aleph Blessed are the perfect in the way, Who walk in the Torah of יהוה!

Psalm 140:11

Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the man of violence speedily.

Psalm 15:2

He who walks blamelessly, And does righteousness, And speaks the truth in his heart.

Psalm 25:21

Taw Let integrity and straightness guard me, For I have waited for You.

Psalm 26:1

Rule me rightly, O יהוה, For I have walked in my integrity. And I have trusted in יהוה, without wavering.

Proverbs 10:29

The way of יהוה is a stronghold for the perfect, But ruin to the workers of wickedness.

Proverbs 11:20

The perverse of heart are an abomination to יהוה, But the perfect in the Way are His delight.

Proverbs 11:3

The integrity of the straight ones guides them, But the slipperiness of the treacherous destroys them.

Proverbs 21:12

The righteous one understands the house of the wrong; He overthrows the wrong for their evil.

Proverbs 5:22

The wrong one is entrapped In his own crookednesses, And he is caught in the cords of his sin.