Proverbs 13:6
in Proverbs 13Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
KJV
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
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This verse in Proverbs 13
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing
on Proverbs 13:4-6
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing states the sluggard's whole problem in one line, wanting without working, while the diligent soul is made fat by the labor the sluggard refuses. A righteous man hates lying and a wicked man is called loathsome for the shame it brings him, and the cluster closes on the same guard-and-guide image the book uses often: righteousness keeps the upright in his way, while wickedness overthrows the sinner it seemed to serve.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way,....
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| צְ֭דָקָה | tzedakah | righteousness | H6666 → | 157 times |
| תִּצֹּ֣ר | titzor | it preserves | H5341 → | 63 times |
| תָּם־ | tom- | integrity of | H8537 → | 23 times |
| דָּ֑רֶךְ | darekh | way | H1870 → | 707 times |
| וְ֝רִשְׁעָ֗ה | verishah | and wickedness | H7564 → | |
| תְּסַלֵּ֥ף | tesalef | it subverts | H5557 → | 7 times |
| חַטָּֽאת׃ | chatat | sin | H2403 → | 295 times |
צְ֭דָקָהrighteousness
tzedakahH6666 →157 times
תִּצֹּ֣רit preserves
titzorH5341 →63 times
תָּם־integrity of
tom-H8537 →23 times
דָּ֑רֶךְway
darekhH1870 →707 times
וְ֝רִשְׁעָ֗הand wickedness
verishahH7564 →
תְּסַלֵּ֥ףit subverts
tesalefH5557 →7 times
חַטָּֽאת׃sin
chatatH2403 →295 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
it leads to
- Psalms 26:1
Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Proverbs 28:18
He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.
- Psalms 25:21
May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
- John 7:17
If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
- Psalms 26:1
Through
Psalms 25:21May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
it leads to
- Proverbs 20:7
The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Proverbs 11:3
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
- Psalms 41:12
In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
- Psalms 26:11
But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
- Proverbs 20:7
About Proverbs
This page draws on Charles Bridges, An Exposition of the Book of Proverbs; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).