Proverbs 13:6

Easy To Read Version

Goodness protects a good, honest person. But evil defeats the person that loves to sin.

Cross References

1 Kings 1:52

So Solomon answered, “If Adonijah shows that he is a good man, then I promise that not even a hair on his head will be hurt. But if he does anything wrong, then he will die.”

1 Kings 13:34

That was the sin that caused the destruction and ruin of his kingdom.

2 Chronicles 28:23

He offered sacrifices {\cf2\super [327]} to the gods the people of Damascus worshiped. The people of Damascus had defeated Ahaz. So he thought to himself, “The gods the people of Aram worship helped them. So if I offer sacrifices to those gods, maybe they will help me also.” Ahaz worshiped those gods. In this way he sinned, and he made the people of Israel sin.

Psalm 119:1

People living pure lives are happy.\par Those people follow the Lord’s teachings.\par

Psalm 140:11

Lord, don’t let those liars live.\par Make bad things happen\par to those bad people.\par

Psalm 15:2

Only a person who lives a pure life,\par and does good things,\par and speaks truth from the heart\par \{can live on your mountain\}.\par

Psalm 25:21

God, you are truly good.\par I trust you,\par so protect me.\par

Psalm 26:1

Lord, judge me.\par Prove that I have lived a pure life.\par I never stopped trusting the Lord.\par

Proverbs 10:29

The Lord protects good people. But the Lord destroys people that do wrong.

Proverbs 11:20

The Lord hates people that love to do evil. But he is happy with people that try to do right.

Proverbs 11:3

Good, honest people are guided by honesty. But evil people destroy themselves when they cheat other people.

Proverbs 21:12

God is good. God knows what evil people are doing, and he will punish them.

Proverbs 5:22

The sins of an evil person will trap him. His sins will be like ropes holding him.