Proverbs 12:28
There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
In Context
27A lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:15See, I have set before you today life and goodness, as well as death and disaster.
Proverbs 8:35For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.
Proverbs 10:2Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
Proverbs 11:19Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.
Ezekiel 18:20The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.
Romans 6:22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
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 →