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Proverbs 13:6

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

Verse in context — Proverbs 13

4

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

5

A righteous [man] hateth lying: but a wicked [man] is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

6

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

7

There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.

8

The ransom of a man's life [are] his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

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