Proverbs 13:6

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Righteousness guards him whose way is upright, but sin overthrows the wicked.

Cross References

1 Kings 1:52

And Solomon said, “If he prove to be a worthy man, not one of his hairs shall fall to the earth; but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.”

1 Kings 13:34

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

2 Chronicles 28:23

For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had defeated him, and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

Psalm 119:1

Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!

Psalm 140:11

Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!

Psalm 15:2

He who walks blamelessly, and does what is right, and speaks truth from his heart;

Psalm 25:21

May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for thee.

Psalm 26:1

Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.

Proverbs 10:29

The Lord is a stronghold to him whose way is upright, but destruction to evildoers.

Proverbs 11:20

Men of perverse mind are an abomination to the Lord, but those of blameless ways are his delight.

Proverbs 11:3

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

Proverbs 21:12

The righteous observes the house of the wicked; the wicked are cast down to ruin.

Proverbs 5:22

The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is caught in the toils of his sin.