KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 13:6
One verse, with its study helps gathered in one place.
Proverbs 13:6
6Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
6*†Righteousnesse keepeth him that is vpright in the way: but wickednesse ouerthroweth the sinner.
- Heb. sinne.
- Chap. 11.3,5,6.
ENSURE CONTEXTUALIZATION
Add surrounding context
Extend this passage one adjacent verse at a time.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS VERSE?
Ask a Local Pastor
Find a nearby pastor committed to holding fast the faithful word, then use the public contact information to begin a real conversation. Nothing is sent or stored for you.
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 13:6
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
Righteousness
The state or character of being righteous; justice, uprightness, or conformity to what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Straight or erect; also honest, just, and faithful to what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A person who sins; one guilty of transgression against God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
SCRIPTURE WITH SCRIPTURE
Cross References
Choose how far to extend the reference list.
From verse 6
- Study this reference
Open the full verse study3The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
- Study this reference
Open the full verse study5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
- Study this reference
Open the full verse study12The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
- Study this reference
Open the full verse study11Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
- Study this reference
Open the full verse study2He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
- Study this reference
Open the full verse study21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
- Study this reference
Open the full verse study1JUDGE me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide.
- Study this reference
Open the full verse study22¶ His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
- Study this reference
Open the full verse study23For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION
Still have questions? Ask a Local Pastor.
See public contact information for nearby churches. You decide whether to call, email, or visit.