Proverbs 13:6
Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 a wicked man behaveth vilely and shamefully.
Cross References
1 Kings 13:34And by this thing there was sin unto 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 truth in his heart;
Psalms 26:1A Psalm of David. Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the sincere shall make straight his way; but the wicked shall fall 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 →