Proverbs 13:6
Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright on his way; but wickedness perverteth the [man of] sin.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
In Context
5The righteous hateth the word of falsehood; but the wicked bringeth shame and dishonor.
Cross References
1 Kings 13:34And he became through this thing the cause of sin unto the house of Jerobo'am, and to cause that it was blotted out, and destroyed from off the face of the earth.
Psalms 15:2He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart;
Psalms 26:1“Of David.” Judge me, O Lord; for I have indeed walked in my integrity: and in the Lord have I trusted; I shall not slip.
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities will truly catch the wicked, and with the cords of his sin will he be held firmly.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the perfect maketh even his way; but by his own wickedness will the wicked 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 →