Proverbs 13:6

New American Bible - revised edition

Justice guards one who walks honestly, but sin leads the wicked astray.

Cross References

1 Kings 1:52

Solomon answered, “If he proves worthy, not a hair of his shall fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he shall die.”

1 Kings 13:34

This is the account of the sin of the house of Jeroboam for which it was to be cut off and destroyed from the face of the earth.

2 Chronicles 28:23

He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus who had defeated him, saying, “Since it was the gods of the kings of Aram who helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me also.” However, they only furthered his downfall and that of all Israel.

Psalm 119:1

Blessed those whose way is blameless, who walk by the law of the Lord.

Psalm 140:11

Drop burning coals upon them; cast them into the watery pit never more to rise.

Psalm 15:2

Whoever walks without blame, doing what is right, speaking truth from the heart;

Psalm 25:21

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; I wait for you, O Lord.

Psalm 26:1

Of David. Judge me, Lord! For I have walked in my integrity. In the Lord I trust; I do not falter.

Proverbs 10:29

The Lord is a stronghold to those who walk honestly, downfall for evildoers.

Proverbs 11:20

The crooked in heart are an abomination to the Lord, but those who walk blamelessly are his delight.

Proverbs 11:3

The honesty of the upright guides them; the faithless are ruined by their duplicity.

Proverbs 21:12

The Righteous One appraises the house of the wicked, bringing down the wicked to ruin.

Proverbs 5:22

By their own iniquities the wicked will be caught, in the meshes of their own sin they will be held fast;