Proverbs 12:28
The path of right leads to life, it doesn't lead to death.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
In Context
27Lazy people don't catch their prey, but if you work hard you can become rich.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:15Listen! Today I've placed a choice before you: life and what's good, or death and what's evil.
Proverbs 8:35For those who find me, find life, and are accepted by the Lord.
Proverbs 10:2Wealth gained through evil does you no good; but living right saves you from death.
Proverbs 11:19Do what's right, and you will live; chase after evil and you will die.
Ezekiel 18:20It's the person who sins who will die. A son won't pay for his father's sins, and a father won't pay for his son's sins. The good consequences of living right will come to those who are good; the evil consequences of wickedness will come to those who are evil.
Romans 6:22But now that you're set free from sin, and have become God's slaves, the results will be a pure life—and in the end, 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 →