Proverbs 13:6

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Proverbs 13:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

4 The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.

5 The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.

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

7 One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

8 Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 11:3

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.

Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

Proverbs 11:6

The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.

Psalms 15:2

He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,

Psalms 25:21

May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.

Psalms 26:1

Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

Proverbs 5:22

The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

Proverbs 21:12

The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.

2 Chronicles 28:23

Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.

Psalms 140:11

May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.