Proverbs 13:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

צְ֭דָקָה תִּצֹּ֣ר תָּם־דָּ֑רֶךְ וְ֝רִשְׁעָ֗ה תְּסַלֵּ֥ף חַטָּֽאת׃

Transliteration

ṣədāqâ tiṣṣōr tām-dārek wə-rišʿâ təsallēp ḥaṭṭāʾt

Grammar Details

*ṣədāqâ*: noun, feminine singular - righteousness
*tiṣṣōr*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - guards/preserves
*tām*: adjective, masculine singular - blameless/complete
*dārek*: noun, masculine singular - way
*wə-*: conjunction - and
*rišʿâ*: noun, feminine singular - wickedness
*təsallēp*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - perverts/overthrows
*ḥaṭṭāʾt*: noun, feminine singular - sin/sinful one

Word Meanings

*ṣədāqâ*: righteousness/justice/right behavior
*tiṣṣōr*: guards/preserves/protects
*tām*: blameless/complete/having integrity
*dārek*: way/path/journey
*rišʿâ*: wickedness/evil
*təsallēp*: perverts/overthrows/subverts
*ḥaṭṭāʾt*: sin/sinner/sinful one

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 11:3 : 3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
Prov 11:5-6 : 5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. 6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.
Prov 21:12 : 12 The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, [How] the wicked are overthrown to [their] ruin.
2 Chr 28:23 : 23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
Ps 15:2 : 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, And speaketh truth in his heart;
Ps 25:21 : 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for thee.
Ps 26:1 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering.
Ps 140:11 : 11 An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Prov 11:3-6
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3The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
4Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.
5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
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6The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
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6For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.
Prov 21:12
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12The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, [How] the wicked are overthrown to [their] ruin.
Prov 12:26
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26The righteous is a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.
Prov 10:29-30
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29The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
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9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
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Prov 28:6
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21Evil pursueth sinners; But the righteous shall be recompensed with good.
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Prov 28:18
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18Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in [his] ways shall fall at once.
Prov 29:6
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Prov 13:5
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Prov 15:9
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Prov 24:16
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16For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
Prov 21:7
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7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.
Prov 15:6
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Prov 10:16-17
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Prov 14:11
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11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; But the tent of the upright shall flourish.
Prov 29:27
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27An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.
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Prov 2:20
76%
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Prov 11:19
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Prov 14:19
76%
19The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.
Prov 21:29
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16Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.
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Prov 21:18
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Prov 22:12
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Prov 2:13
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