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Proverbs 13:6 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 13 · verse 6
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.Proverbs 13:6 · King James Version
Proverbs 13:6 in context
4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
5A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
6Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
8The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Righteousnesstsᵉdâqâhrightness , subjectively , objectively , morally or figurativelyH6666 →
- overthrowethçâlaphproperly, to wrenchH5557 →
- wickednessrishʻâhwrongH7564 →
- keepethnâtsarto guard, in a good sense or a bad oneH5341 →
- uprighttômcompletenessH8537 →
- waydereka roadH1870 →
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See here, 1. Saints secured from ruin. Those that are upright in their way, that mean honestly in all their actions, adhere conscientiously to the sacred and eternal rules of equity, and deal sincerely both with God and man, their integrity will keep them from the temptations of Satan, which shall not prevail over…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary