6Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.


In Context

3 Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips — ruin to him!

4 The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

5 A false word the righteous hateth, And the wicked causeth abhorrence, and is confounded.

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

7 There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth is abundant.

8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke.

Proverbs 13:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:6Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:6Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:6Justice keepeth the way of the innocent: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:6Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:6Righteousness preserveth him that is perfect in the way; but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:6Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:6Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:6Righteousness keeps him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthrows the sinner.