Proverbs 12:28
In the path of justice is life: but the by-way leadeth to death.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
In Context
27The deceitful man shall not find gain: but the substance of a just man shall be precious gold.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:15Consider that I have set before thee this day life and good, and on the other hand death and evil:
Proverbs 8:35He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord:
Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death.
Proverbs 11:19Clemency prepareth life: and the pursuing of evil things, death.
Ezekiel 18:20The soul that sinneth, the same shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, and the father shall not bear the iniquity of the son: the justice of the just shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Romans 6:22But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, you have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end life everlasting.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:28
27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious. Here is, 1. That which may make us hate slothfulness and deceit, for the word here, as before, signifies both: The slothful deceitful man has roast meat, but that which he roasts is not what he himself took in hunting, no, it is what others took pains for, and he lives upon the fruit of their labours, like the drones in the hive. Or, if slothful deceitful men have taken any thing by hunting (as… Read the whole commentary →