Matthew Henry · Verse 6
An honest desire to do right, preserves a man from fatal mistakes, better than a thousand fine-drawn distinctions.
Proverbs 13:6
Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
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WEBBE
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.
ASV
Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
BBE
Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.
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