Proverbs 13:6
Righteousness preserveth him that is perfect in the way; but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
In Context
5A righteous [man] hateth lying; but the wicked maketh himself odious and cometh to shame.
Cross References
1 Kings 13:34And by this thing there was sin on the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
Psalms 15:2He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth from his heart.
Psalms 26:1{[A Psalm] of David.} Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have confided in Jehovah: I shall not slip.
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the perfect maketh plain his way; but the wicked falleth by his own wickedness.
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 →