Proverbs 13:6
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
*†Righteousnesse keepeth him that is vpright in the way: but wickednesse ouerthroweth the sinner.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. sinne.
- *Cross-referenceChap. 11.3,5,6.
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5The 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.
5†The righteousnesse of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his owne wickednesse.
6*The righteousnesse of the vpright shall deliuer them: but transgressours shall be taken in their owne naughtinesse.
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23For 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.
23For he sacrificed vnto the gods of †Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helpe them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may helpe me: but they were the ruine of him, and of all Israel.
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Proverbs 13:6
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righteousness
The state or character of being righteous; justice, uprightness, or conformity to what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. Honest, just, or morally right; also a person so characterized. 2. Straight, erect, or standing up.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
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wickedness
Moral evil, sin, iniquity, injustice, perversity, or corrupt intent or conduct.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
A person who sins; one guilty of transgression against God.
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13:5A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
13:5A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and commeth to shame.
13:6Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
13:6*†Righteousnesse keepeth him that is vpright in the way: but wickednesse ouerthroweth the sinner.
Selected passage13:7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
13:7There is that maketh himselfe rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himselfe poore, yet hath great riches.