Proverbs 12:28
In the path of righteousness [is] life, || And in the way of [that] path [is] no death!
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
In Context
27The slothful does not roast his game, || And the wealth of a diligent man is precious.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:15See, today I have set before you life and good, and death and evil,
Proverbs 8:35For whoever is finding me, has found life, || And brings out goodwill from YHWH.
Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness do not profit, || And righteousness delivers from death.
Proverbs 11:19Correctly [is] righteousness for life, || And whoever is pursuing evil—for his own death.
Ezekiel 18:20The soul that sins—it dies. A son does not bear of the iniquity of the father, || And a father does not bear of the iniquity of the son, || The righteousness of the righteous is on him, || And the wickedness of the wicked is on him.
Romans 6:22And now, having been freed from sin, and having become servants to God, you have your fruit—to sanctification, and the end continuous 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 →