Proverbs 13:6
Rightfulness keepeth (safe) the way of an innocent man; but wickedness deceiveth a sinner.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 13:34And for this cause the house of Jeroboam sinned, and it was destroyed, and done away from the face of the earth.
Psalms 15:2He that entereth without wem; and worketh rightfulness. He that speaketh truth in his heart; (He who goeth on the way without blemish, or without fault; and doeth what is right. He who speaketh the truth from his heart;)
Psalms 26:1[The psalm of David.] Lord, deem thou me, for I entered in mine innocence; and I hoping in the Lord, shall not be made unsteadfast. ( A song by David. Lord, judge me, for I have gone my way in innocence; and trusting in the Lord, I have not been made unsteady, that is, I have not slipped, or stumbled.)
Proverbs 5:22The wickednesses of a wicked man take (hold of) him; and he is bound with the ropes of his sins.
Proverbs 11:5The rightfulness of a simple man shall (ad)dress his way; and a wicked man shall fall in his wickedness. (The uprightness of an honest person shall direct his way; and a wicked person shall fall because of his 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 →