Verse 6

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.