Proverbs 13:6

Proverbs chapter 13 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.5A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

v.6This passage

v.7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Proverbs 11:3
The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
Psalms 25:21
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for thee.
Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Psalms 15:2
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, And speaketh truth in his heart;
Psalms 140:11
An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.