Proverbs 12:28
In the path of righteousness is life, And in her pathway there is no death.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 8:35For he that findeth me findeth life, And obtaineth favor from the LORD;
Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness do not profit; But righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 11:19As righteousness tendeth to life, So he who pursueth evil pursueth it to his death.
Ezekiel 18:20The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Romans 6:22But now having been delivered from the slavery of sin, and having become the bondservants of God, ye have holiness as the fruit, and everlasting life as the end.
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 →