Proverbs 13:6

Righteousness protects those who are faultless in their path, 1 but wickedness turns away those who commit sin. 1

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Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

In Context

5The righteous person hates lies, 1 but a wicked person makes himself repugnant, and he does what is shameful. 1

7There is someone who enriches himself, but has nothing at all, 1 and there is someone who gives everything away, yet is truly wealthy. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 13:34This matter became sin to the family of Jeroboam and caused his family to be destroyed and to be exterminated from the face of the earth.

Psalms 15:2Whoever walks blamelessly, does what is right 1 and speaks truth from his heart. 1

Psalms 26:1Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked with integrity; 1 I have trusted in Yahweh without wavering. 1

Proverbs 5:22A wicked person will be seized by his own iniquities; 1 the cords of his sin will hold him tight. 1

Proverbs 11:5The right conduct of a blameless person makes his way straight, 1 but the wicked will fall because of their own wickedness. 1

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 →

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