Proverbs 13:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

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  • Prov 11:3 : 3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the crookedness of transgressors shall destroy them.
  • Prov 11:5-6 : 5 The righteousness of the blameless 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 captured by their own evil.
  • Prov 21:12 : 12 The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.
  • 2 Chr 28:23 : 23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, who had struck him, and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
  • Ps 15:2 : 2 He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart.
  • Ps 25:21 : 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait on You.
  • Ps 26:1 : 1 Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity; I have also trusted in the LORD; therefore I shall not fall.
  • 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 capture the wicked, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 11:3-6
    4 verses
    83%

    3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the crookedness of transgressors shall destroy them.

    4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

    5 The righteousness of the blameless 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 captured by their own evil.

  • Prov 12:6-7
    2 verses
    81%

    6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

    7 The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.

  • Ps 1:5-6
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    79%

    5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

    6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • Prov 21:12
    79%

    12 The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Prov 12:26
    79%

    26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Prov 10:29-30
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    29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright, but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

    30 The righteous shall never be removed, but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

  • Prov 10:9
    78%

    9 He who walks uprightly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways shall be known.

  • Prov 16:17
    78%

    17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he who keeps his way preserves his soul.

  • Prov 28:6
    78%

    6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  • Prov 14:34
    78%

    34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.

  • Prov 13:21
    78%

    21 Evil pursues sinners, but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

  • Prov 28:10
    78%

    10 Whoever causes the righteous to go astray in an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the upright shall have good things in possession.

  • Prov 28:18
    78%

    18 Whoever walks uprightly shall be saved, but he who is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

  • Prov 29:6
    78%

    6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous sing and rejoice.

  • Prov 13:5
    77%

    5 A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.

  • Prov 15:9
    77%

    9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.

  • Prov 24:16
    77%

    16 For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again, but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

  • Prov 21:7
    77%

    7 The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Prov 15:6
    77%

    6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but in the income of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 10:16-17
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    77%

    16 The labor of the righteous tends to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.

    17 He is in the way of life who keeps instruction, but he who refuses reproof errs.

  • Prov 14:11
    76%

    11 The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

  • Prov 29:27
    76%

    27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just; and he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Ezek 33:18
    76%

    18 When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it.

  • Prov 2:20
    76%

    20 That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 11:19
    76%

    19 As righteousness leads to life, so he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

  • Prov 14:19
    76%

    19 The evil will bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 21:29
    76%

    29 A wicked man hardens his face, but as for the upright, he directs his way.

  • Prov 14:2
    76%

    2 He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.

  • Prov 14:32
    76%

    32 The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope in his death.

  • Ps 37:16-17
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    76%

    16 A little that the righteous has is better than the riches of many wicked.

    17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

  • Isa 26:7
    75%

    7 The way of the just is uprightness; You, most upright, weigh the path of the just.

  • Prov 13:15
    75%

    15 Good understanding gives favor, but the way of transgressors is hard.

  • Job 17:9
    75%

    9 The righteous also shall hold on to his way, and he that has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

  • Prov 11:8
    75%

    8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his place.

  • Prov 21:18
    75%

    18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

  • Prov 29:16
    75%

    16 When the wicked multiply, transgression increases; but the righteous shall see their fall.

  • Prov 2:8
    75%

    8 He guards the paths of justice and preserves the way of His saints.

  • Prov 22:12
    75%

    12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and He overthrows the words of the transgressor.

  • Prov 2:13
    75%

    13 Who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness;

  • Prov 13:9
    75%

    9 The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Prov 10:6
    75%

    6 Blessings are upon the head of the just, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

  • Prov 11:31
    74%

    31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed on earth, much more the wicked and the sinner.