Proverbs 11:19
True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.
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- Prov 10:16 : 16 The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.
- Prov 19:23 : 23 Fearing the LORD leads to life, and one who does so will live satisfied; he will not be afflicted by calamity.
- Prov 12:28 : 28 In the path of righteousness there is life, but another path leads to death.
- Acts 10:35 : 35 but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is welcomed before him.
- Rom 2:8-9 : 8 but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness. 9 There will be affliction and distress on everyone who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek,
- Rom 6:23 : 23 For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- 1 John 3:7 : 7 Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Jesus is righteous.
- 1 John 3:10 : 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness– the one who does not love his fellow Christian– is not of God.
- Prov 11:4 : 4 Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
- Prov 1:16-19 : 16 for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood. 17 Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird, 18 but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives! 19 Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!
- Prov 7:22-23 : 22 Suddenly he was going after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare 23 till an arrow pierces his liver– like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.
- Prov 8:36 : 36 But the one who misses me brings harm to himself; all who hate me love death."
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