A moment in scripture
Proverbs 13:6
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Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
- Proverbs 13:5
A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
- Proverbs 13:7
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
- Proverbs 13:8
The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.