Proverbs 13:6

New English Translation

Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

Cross References

1 Kings 1:52

Solomon said, “If he is a loyal subject, not a hair of his head will be harmed, but if he is found to be a traitor, he will die.”

1 Kings 13:34

This sin caused Jeroboam’s dynasty to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.

2 Chronicles 28:23

He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus whom he thought had defeated him. He reasoned, “Since the gods of the kings of Damascus helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me.” But they caused him and all Israel to stumble.

Psalm 119:1

How blessed are those whose actions are blameless, who obey the law of the Lord.

Psalm 140:11

A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.

Psalm 15:2

Whoever lives a blameless life, does what is right, and speaks honestly.

Psalm 25:21

May integrity and godliness protect me, for I rely on you!

Psalm 26:1

Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have integrity, and I trust in the Lord without wavering.

Proverbs 10:29

The way of the Lord is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

Proverbs 11:20

The Lord abhors those who are perverse in heart, but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight.

Proverbs 11:3

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroys them.

Proverbs 21:12

The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

Proverbs 5:22

The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.