Proverbs 13:6 (BSB)

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

From Proverbs 13. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 13:6

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 13:6: See here, 1. Saints secured from ruin. Those that are upright in their way, that mean honestly in all their actions, adhere conscientiously to the sacred and eternal rules of equity, and deal sincerely both with God and man, their integrity will keep them from the temptations of Satan, which shall not prevail over them, the reproaches and injuries of evil men, which shall not...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 13:6: Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way,.... Men of uprightness and integrity, whose hearts are sincere in the ways of God; the principle of grace and righteousness in them keeps them in those ways, and will not suffer them to turn aside into crooked paths; the word of righteousness, the doctrine of the Gospel, is a means of preserving them from sin, and...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 13:6: A sentiment of frequent recurrence, that piety benefits and sin injures.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 13:6: Pro 13:6 6 Righteousness protecteth an upright walk, And godlessness bringeth sinners to destruction. The double thought is closely like that of Pro 11:5, but is peculiarly and almost enigmatically expressed. As there, צדקה and רשׁעה are meant of a twofold inner relation to God, which consists of a ruling influence over man’s conduct and a determination of his walk.