Proverbs 13:6

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“Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.”

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BSBPD

“Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 13:6 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 1:52And Solomon replied, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he will die.”
  2. 1 Kings 13:34And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.
  3. 2 Chronicles 28:23Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.
  4. Psalms 15:2He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,
  5. Psalms 25:21May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
  6. Psalms 26:1Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
  7. Psalms 140:11May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
  8. Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
  9. Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
  10. Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
  11. Proverbs 21:12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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