Proverbs 12:28

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

In the path of righteousness `is' life, And in the way of `that' path `is' no death!

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Referenced Verses

  • 3 John 1:11 : 11 Beloved, be not thou following that which is evil, but that which is good; he who is doing good, of God he is, and he who is doing evil hath not seen God;
  • Deut 30:15 : 15 `See, I have set before thee to-day life and good, and death and evil,
  • Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
  • Prov 9:11 : 11 For by me do thy days multiply, And added to thee are years of life.
  • Prov 10:16 : 16 The wage of the righteous `is' for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.
  • Prov 11:19 : 19 Rightly `is' righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil -- for his own death.
  • Ezek 18:9 : 9 In My statutes he doth walk, And My judgments he hath kept -- to deal truly, Righteous `is' he, he surely liveth, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
  • Ezek 18:20-24 : 20 The soul that doth sin -- it doth die. A son doth not bear of the iniquity of the father, And a father doth not bear of the iniquity of the son, The righteousness of the righteous is on him, And the wickedness of the wicked is on him. 21 And the wicked -- when he turneth back From all his sins that he hath done, And he hath kept all My statutes, And hath done judgment and righteousness, He doth surely live, he doth not die. 22 All his transgressions that he hath done Are not remembered to him, In his righteousness that he hath done he liveth. 23 Do I at all desire the death of the wicked? An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Is it not in his turning back from his way -- And he hath lived? 24 And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, According to all the abominations That the wicked hath done, he doth -- thus he liveth, All his righteousnesses that he hath done are not remembered, For his trespass that he hath trespassed, And for his sin that he hath sinned, For them he doth die.
  • Rom 5:21 : 21 that even as the sin did reign in the death, so also the grace may reign, through righteousness, to life age-during, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Rom 6:22-23 : 22 And now, having been freed from the sin, and having become servants to God, ye have your fruit -- to sanctification, and the end life age-during; 23 for the wages of the sin `is' death, and the gift of God `is' life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • Titus 2:11-12 : 11 For the saving grace of God was manifested to all men, 12 teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, soberly and righteously and piously we may live in the present age,
  • 1 John 2:29 : 29 if ye know that he is righteous, know ye that every one doing the righteousness, of him hath been begotten.
  • 1 John 3:7 : 7 Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way -- right before a man, And its latter end `are' ways of death.

  • Prov 16:25
    80%

    25There is a way right before a man, And its latter end -- ways of death.

  • Prov 11:19
    79%

    19Rightly `is' righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil -- for his own death.

  • Prov 2:19-20
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    79%

    19None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

    20That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.

  • Prov 11:3-6
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    78%

    3The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.

    4Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.

    5The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.

    6The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.

  • Prov 10:2
    77%

    2Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death.

  • Prov 15:24
    76%

    24A path of life `is' on high for the wise, To turn aside from Sheol beneath.

  • Prov 14:32
    76%

    32In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death `is' the righteous.

  • Prov 21:21
    75%

    21Whoso is pursuing righteousness and kindness, Findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

  • Prov 10:16-17
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    75%

    16The wage of the righteous `is' for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.

    17A traveller to life `is' he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.

  • Prov 2:9
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    9Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness -- every good path.

  • Prov 15:19
    75%

    19The way of the slothful `is' as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up.

  • Prov 10:29
    74%

    29The way of Jehovah `is' strength to the perfect, And ruin to workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 8:20
    74%

    20In a path of righteousness I cause to walk, In midst of paths of judgment,

  • Prov 16:17
    74%

    17A highway of the upright `is', `Turn from evil,' Whoso is preserving his soul is watching his way.

  • Prov 13:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14The law of the wise `is' a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

    15Good understanding giveth grace, And the way of the treacherous `is' hard.

  • Prov 12:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

    27The slothful roasteth not his hunting, And the wealth of a diligent man is precious.

  • Ezek 33:18
    73%

    18In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity -- he dieth for it.

  • Prov 13:6
    73%

    6Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.

  • Prov 28:18
    73%

    18Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.

  • Ezek 18:26
    73%

    26In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, And he is dying by them, for his perversity That he hath done he dieth.

  • Prov 21:16
    73%

    16A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.

  • Isa 26:7
    73%

    7The path for the righteous `is' uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder.

  • Ps 1:6
    73%

    6For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!

  • Ps 85:13
    72%

    13Righteousness before Him goeth, And maketh His footsteps for a way!

  • Prov 14:27
    72%

    27The fear of Jehovah `is' a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

  • Prov 4:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.

    12In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not.

  • Prov 4:18
    72%

    18And the path of the righteous `is' as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,

  • Prov 19:16
    72%

    16Whoso is keeping the command is keeping his soul, Whoso is despising His ways dieth.

  • Eccl 7:15
    72%

    15The whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong-doer prolonging `himself' in his wrong.

  • Prov 3:17
    72%

    17Her ways `are' ways of pleasantness, And all her paths `are' peace.

  • Prov 4:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.

    15Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.

  • Prov 16:8
    71%

    8Better `is' a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.

  • Prov 28:6
    71%

    6Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

  • Prov 1:19
    71%

    19So `are' the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.

  • Prov 22:5
    71%

    5Thorns -- snares `are' in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.

  • Jer 21:8
    71%

    8And unto this people thou dost say, Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am setting before you the way of life, And the way of death!

  • Prov 3:23
    71%

    23Then thou goest thy way confidently, And thy foot doth not stumble.

  • Prov 11:30
    71%

    30The fruit of the righteous `is' a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls `is' wise.

  • Prov 15:10
    71%

    10Chastisement `is' grievous to him who is forsaking the path, Whoso is hating reproof dieth.

  • Eccl 7:17
    71%

    17Do not much wrong, neither be thou a fool, why dost thou die within thy time?