The Meaning of Proverbs 13:6 Explained

Proverbs 13:6

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

YLT: Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.

Darby: Righteousness preserveth him that is perfect in the way; but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

ASV: Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 13:6 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 13

1  a scoffer does not listen to rebuke

What do the individual words in Proverbs 13:6 mean?

Righteousness guards [him whose] is blameless way but wickedness overthrows the sinner
צְ֭דָקָה תִּצֹּ֣ר תָּם־ דָּ֑רֶךְ וְ֝רִשְׁעָ֗ה תְּסַלֵּ֥ף חַטָּֽאת

צְ֭דָקָה  Righteousness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: צְדָקָה  
Sense: justice, righteousness.
תִּצֹּ֣ר  guards 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: נְצוּרִים 
Sense: to guard, watch, watch over, keep.
תָּם־  [him  whose]  is  blameless 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: תֹּם  
Sense: integrity, completeness.
דָּ֑רֶךְ  way 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
וְ֝רִשְׁעָ֗ה  but  wickedness 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: רִשְׁעָה  
Sense: wickedness, guilt.
תְּסַלֵּ֥ף  overthrows 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: סָלַף  
Sense: to twist, pervert, distort, overturn, ruin.
חַטָּֽאת  the  sinner 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: חַטָּאָה 
Sense: sin, sinful.