Righteousness guards the one whose way has integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
In context
4The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the appetite of the diligent is richly satisfied. 5The righteous hates a lying word, but the wicked man makes himself a stench and a disgrace. 6Righteousness guards the one whose way has integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner. 7One man pretends to be rich and has nothing; another pretends to be poor and has great wealth. 8A man’s riches may ransom his life, but the poor man never hears a rebuke.
