Proverbs 13:6

צְדָקָה תִּצֹּר תָּם ־ דָּרֶךְ וְרִשְׁעָה תְּסַלֵּף חַטָּֽאת ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5דְּבַר ־ שֶׁקֶר יִשְׂנָא צַדִּיק וְרָשָׁע יַבְאִישׁ וְיַחְפִּֽיר ׃

7יֵשׁ מִתְעַשֵּׁר וְאֵין כֹּל מִתְרוֹשֵׁשׁ וְהוֹן רָֽב ׃

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Cross References

1 Kings 13:34וַיְהִי בַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה לְחַטַּאת בֵּית יָרָבְעָם וּלְהַכְחִיד וּלְהַשְׁמִיד מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָֽה ׃ פ

Psalms 15:2הוֹלֵךְ תָּמִים וּפֹעֵל צֶדֶק וְדֹבֵר אֱמֶת בִּלְבָבֽוֹ ׃

Psalms 26:1לְדָוִד ׀ שָׁפְטֵנִי יְהוָה כִּֽי ־ אֲנִי בְּתֻמִּי הָלַכְתִּי וּבַיהוָה בָּטַחְתִּי לֹא אֶמְעָֽד ׃

Proverbs 5:22עַֽווֹנוֹתָיו יִלְכְּדֻנוֹ אֶת ־ הָרָשָׁע וּבְחַבְלֵי חַטָּאתוֹ יִתָּמֵֽךְ ׃

Proverbs 11:5צִדְקַת תָּמִים תְּיַשֵּׁר דַּרְכּוֹ וּבְרִשְׁעָתוֹ יִפֹּל רָשָֽׁע ׃

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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