Proverbs 11:19
As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
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- Prov 10:16 : 16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
- Prov 19:23 : 23 The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
- Prov 12:28 : 28 In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
- Acts 10:35 : 35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is cepted with him.
- Rom 2:8-9 : 8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
- Rom 6:23 : 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life thugh Jesus Christ our Lord.
- 1 John 3:7 : 7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
- 1 John 3:10 : 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
- Prov 11:4 : 4 Riches ofit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
- Prov 1:16-19 : 16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. 17 Surely in vain the net is sead in the sight of any bird. 18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk ivily for their own lives. 19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
- Prov 7:22-23 : 22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; 23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
- Prov 8:36 : 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
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18When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
19But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
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32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
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26When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
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16He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
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25There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
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19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
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11Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
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29The way of the LORD is strength to the uight: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
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15It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
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24But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
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23The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
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36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
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9The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
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7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
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18Whoso walketh uightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
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14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
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19The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
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23The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
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21There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
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20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
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13When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
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16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
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9He that walketh uightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
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15All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.