Proverbs 12:28
In the orach tzedakah (way of righteousness) is chayyim, 1 and in the derech netivot (pathway) thereof there is no mavet.
Orthodox Jewish 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
Deuteronomy 30:15See, I have set before thee today HaChayyim and HaTov, and Mavet and Rah;
Proverbs 8:35For whosoever findeth me findeth Chayyim, 1 and shall obtain ratzon Hashem. 1
Proverbs 10:2Otzarot resha profit nothing, 1 but tzedakah (righteousness) saveth from mavet. 1
Proverbs 11:19As tzedakah (righteousness) leadeth to Chayyim, 1 so he that pursueth ra'ah pursueth it to his own mot (death). 1
Ezekiel 18:20The nefesh that sinneth, it shall die. The ben shall not nasah the avon of the av, neither shall the av nasah the avon of the ben; the tzedakat hatzaddik shall be upon him, and the rishat rashah shall be upon him.
Romans 6:22But now, having been set free from + 6:22 slave master Chet (sin) and having been made an eved Hashem (a servant of G-d), you have your p'ri for Hashem, resulting in kedushah, and the end is Chayyei Olam (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 →