Proverbs 12:28
In the way of righteousness is life; 2 in its path there is no death.
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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 man does not roast his game, 2 but the possessions of diligent men are prized. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:15Behold, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and evil.
Proverbs 8:35For whoever finds me, finds life, 2 and will obtain favor from Adonai. 1
Proverbs 10:2Treasures of ethical wickedness profit nothing, 2 but righteousness delivers from death. 1
Proverbs 11:19He who is truly upright gets life. 2 He who pursues evil gets death. 1
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 →