So Solomon responded, “If he proves to be a worthy man, not one of his hairs shall fall to the ground; but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.”
Proverbs 13:6 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional Righteousness guards one whose way is upright, but sin overthrows the wicked. Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: But wickedness overthroweth the sinner. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner. Common English Bible Righteousness guards the innocent on the path, but wickedness misleads sinners. Catholic Public Domain Version Justice guards the way of the innocent. But impiety undermines the sinner. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Justice keepeth the way of the innocent: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner. |
So Solomon responded, “If he proves to be a worthy man, not one of his hairs shall fall to the ground; but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.”
This matter became sin to the house of Jeroboam, so as to cut it off and to destroy it from the face of the earth.
For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which had defeated him, and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram helped them, I will sacrifice to them so that they may help me.” But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
Happy are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord.
Do not let the slanderer be established in the land; let evil speedily hunt down the violent!
Those who walk blamelessly, and do what is right, and speak the truth from their heart;
Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the upright, but destruction for evildoers.
Crooked minds are an abomination to the Lord, but those of blameless ways are his delight.
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked; he casts the wicked down to ruin.
The iniquities of the wicked ensnare them, and they are caught in the toils of their sin.