Proverbs 13:6
Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
In Context
5The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.
Cross References
1 Kings 13:34And this became a sin in the family of Jeroboam, causing it to be cut off and sent to destruction from the face of the earth.
Psalms 15:2He who goes on his way uprightly, doing righteousness, and saying what is true in his heart;
Psalms 26:1Of David. O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.
Proverbs 5:22The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:6
The Righteous Exclusively Happy. 5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. Note, 1. Where grace reigns sin is loathsome. It is the undoubted character of every righteous man that he hates lying (that is, all sin, for every sin is a lie, and particularly all fraud and falsehood in commerce and conversation), not only that he will not tell a lie, but he abhors lying, from a rooted reigning principle of love to truth and justice, and conformity to God. 2. Where sin reigns the… Read the whole commentary →