Proverbs 13:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Righteousness keepeth 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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King James 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 transgressors 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 transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
Prov 21:12 : 12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
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 help 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 the truth in his heart.
Ps 25:21 : 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
Ps 26:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
Ps 140:11 : 11 Let not an evil speaker 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 himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

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