Proverbs 13:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Keepeth him; either from sin, or from that overthrow which befalls sinners, in the next clause. The sinner, Heb. the man of sin, who giveth up himself to wicked courses.

Proverbs 13:6

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