Proverbs 11:19

World English Bible (2000)

He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:16 : 16 The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.
  • Prov 19:23 : 23 The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.
  • Prov 12:28 : 28 In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.
  • Acts 10:35 : 35 but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.
  • Rom 2:8-9 : 8 but to those who are self-seeking, and don't obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation, 9 oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who works evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
  • Rom 6:23 : 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • 1 John 3:7 : 7 Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
  • 1 John 3:10 : 10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn't do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn't love his brother.
  • Prov 11:4 : 4 Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
  • Prov 1:16-19 : 16 for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood. 17 For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird: 18 but these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives. 19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.
  • Prov 7:22-23 : 22 He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose. 23 Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn't know that it will cost his life.
  • Prov 8:36 : 36 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 13:21
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    21Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

  • Prov 21:21
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    21He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.

  • Prov 12:28
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    28In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.

  • Prov 10:16-17
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    16The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

    17He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

  • Prov 11:3-6
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    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

    4Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

    5The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

  • Prov 11:27
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    27He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

  • Ezek 33:18-19
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    18When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die therein.

    19When the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

  • Ezek 18:26-27
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    26When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies therein; in his iniquity that he has done shall he die.

    27Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

  • Prov 13:6
    76%

    6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 10:2
    76%

    2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Prov 14:12
    76%

    12There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

  • Prov 19:16
    75%

    16He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

  • Prov 16:17
    75%

    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

  • Prov 16:25
    75%

    25There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

  • Prov 1:19
    75%

    19So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

  • 1 Pet 3:11
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    11Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

  • Prov 10:29
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    29The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 21:15
    74%

    15It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

  • Ezek 18:24
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    24But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die.

  • Prov 19:23
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    23The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

  • Prov 8:36
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    36But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death."

  • Prov 15:9-10
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    9The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.

    10There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way: whoever hates reproof shall die.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

  • Prov 28:18
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    18Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

  • Prov 11:20
    73%

    20Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.

  • Prov 11:30
    73%

    30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.

  • Prov 21:29
    73%

    29A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

  • Prov 17:13
    73%

    13Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • Ps 34:14
    73%

    14Depart from evil, and do good. seek peace, and pursue it.

  • Ps 37:32
    73%

    32The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

  • Prov 29:6
    73%

    6An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.

  • Prov 14:19
    73%

    19The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 11:23
    73%

    23The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

  • Prov 2:20
    73%

    20that you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Ezek 33:13
    72%

    13When I tell the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his righteousness, and commit iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but in his iniquity that he has committed, therein shall he die.

  • Prov 1:16
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    16for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

  • Eccl 7:15
    72%

    15All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.