Proverbs 12:28
Life is in the path of rightwiseness (or Life is on the path of righteousness); but the wrong way leadeth to death.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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 30:15Behold thou, that today I have set forth in thy sight life and good, and, on the contrary, death and evil;
Proverbs 8:35He that findeth me, shall find life; and he shall draw health of the Lord. (He who findeth me, shall find life; and he shall obtain favour from the Lord.)
Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness shall not profit; but rightfulness shall deliver from death. (Treasures gotten by wickedness shall not profit thee; but uprightness shall deliver thee from death.)
Proverbs 11:19Mercy shall make ready life; and the following of evil, death. (Mercy bringeth forth life; but death followeth after evil.)
Ezekiel 18:20That soul that doeth sin, shall die; the son shall not bear the wickedness of the father, and the father shall not bear the wickedness of the son; the rightfulness of a just man shall be on him, and the wickedness of a wicked man shall be on him, (or the righteousness of a just person shall be upon him, and the wickedness of a wicked person shall be upon him).
Romans 6:22But now ye delivered from sin, and made servants to God, have your fruit into holiness, and the end everlasting life (or and the end 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 →