Proverbs 12:28
Those who walk in the right way find life 1 and in its path there is no death.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 would not roast their own game, 1 but the diligent man will obtain precious wealth. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:15See, today I have placed before you life and good, death and evil.
Proverbs 8:35For whoever finds me, finds life, 1 and he will find the favor of Yahweh. 1
Proverbs 10:2Treasures accumulated by wickedness have no value, 1 but doing what is right keeps you from death. 1
Proverbs 11:19An honest person who does what is right will live, 1 but the one who pursues evil will die. 1
Ezekiel 18:20The one who sins, he is the one who will die. A son will not bear his father's iniquity, and a father will not bear his son's iniquity. The righteousness of the one who acts rightly will be on himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be on himself.
Romans 6:22But now that you have been made free from sin and are enslaved to God, you have your fruit for sanctification. The result is 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 →