PRO 13

Proverbs 13:6

WEB

Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

BSB

Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.

KJV

Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

Matthew Henry

Verse 6

Proverbs 13:6

See here, 1. Saints secured from ruin. Those that are upright in their way, that mean honestly in all their actions, adhere conscientiously to the sacred and eternal rules of equity, and deal sincerely both with God and man, their integrity will keep them from the temptations of Satan, which shall not prevail over them, the reproaches and injuries of evil men, which shall not fasten upon them, to do them any real mischief, Psa 25:21.

Hic murus aheneus esto, nil conscire sibi.

Be this thy brazen bulwark of defence,

Still to preserve thy conscious innocence.

2. Sinners secured for ruin. Those that are wicked, even their wickedness will be their overthrow at last, and they are held in the cords of it in the mean time. Are they corrected, destroyed? It is their own wickedness that corrects them, that destroys them; they alone shall bear it.

Cross-references: Ps 25:21

Hebrew interlinear

H6666

צְדָקָהtsᵉdâqâh/tsed-aw-kaw'/

n-f — rightness, rectitude, justice, virtue, prosperity

Derivation: from 6663;

rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

KJV: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).

צְדָקָה

n.f — righteousness

צְדָקָה 157 n.f. righteousness

1. righteousness, in government

2. God's attribute as sovereign

3. righteousness, in a case or cause

4. righteousness = truthfulness

5. righteousness, as ethically right

6. righteousness as vindicated, justification, salvation, etc.

7. pl. righteous acts

H5341

נָצַרnâtsar/naw-tsar'/

v — guard, protect, maintain, obey, conceal

Derivation: a primitive root;

to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)

KJV: besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).

נָצַר

vb — watch

[נָצַר] vb. watch, guard, keep;—Qal

1. Watch, guard, keep

2. Guard from dangers, preserve

3. Guard with fidelity, keep, observe

4. Guard, keep secret

5. Keep close, blockaded

H8537

תֹּםtôm/tome/

n-m — completeness, prosperity, innocence

Derivation: from 8552;

completeness; figuratively, prosperity; usually (morally) innocence

KJV: full, integrity, perfect(-ion), simplicity, upright(-ly, -ness), at a venture. See 8550.

תֹּם

n.[m.] — completeness

תֹּם n.[m.] completeness, integrity

1. completeness, fulness

2. innocence, simplicity

3. integrity

4. תֻּמִּים

H1870

דֶּרֶךְderek/deh'-rek/

n-m — road, trodden, course, mode

Derivation: from 1869;

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

KJV: along, away, because of, by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).

דֶּ֫רֶךְ

n.m — way

דֶּ֫רֶךְ 715 n.m. way, road, distance, journey, manner

1. way, road, path

2. journey

3. of direction, almost or quite = toward

4. way, manner

5. fig. of course of life, or action, undertakings

6.

a. of moral action and character

b. of duty

c. specif.: in good sense

d. oftener in bad sense

e. way of י׳

H7564

רִשְׁעָהrishʻâh/rish-aw'/

n-f — wrong

Derivation: feminine of 7562;

wrong (especially moral)

KJV: fault, wickedly(-ness).

רִשְׁעָה

n.f — wickedness

רִשְׁעָה n.f. wickedness

H5557

סָלַףçâlaph/saw-laf'/

v — wrench, subvert

Derivation: a primitive root;

properly, to wrench, i.e. (figuratively) to subvert

KJV: overthrow, pervert.

סָלַף

vb — twist

סָלַף vb. twist, pervert, overturn

Pi.

1. pervert

2. subvert, turn upside down, ruin

H2403

חַטָּאָהchaṭṭâʼâh/khat-taw-aw'/

n-f — offence, penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, offender

Derivation: or חַטָּאת; from 2398;

an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender

KJV: punishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering).

חַטָּאָה

n.f — sinful thing

חַטָּאָה n.f. sinful thing, sin, Ex 34:7 (J E) Is 5:18.

חַטָּאת

n.f — sin

חַטָּאת n.f. sin, sin-offering

1. sin

2. condition of sin, guilt of sin

3. punishment for sin

4. sin-offering

5. purification from sins of ceremonial uncleanness

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