Proverbs 19:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Those who keep the commandment will live; those who are heedless of their ways will die. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; But he that despiseth his ways shall die. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who keeps the commandment [of the Lord] keeps his own life, but he who despises His ways shall die. [Luke 10:28; 11:28.] American Standard Version (1901) He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; But he that is careless of his ways shall die. Common English Bible Those who keep the commandment preserve their lives; those who disregard their ways will die. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever guards a commandment guards his own soul. But whoever neglects his own way will die. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that keepeth the commandment, keepeth his own soul: but he that neglecteth his own way, shall die. |
Those who despise a word bring destruction on themselves, but those who respect a command will be rewarded.
Those who ignore instruction despise themselves, but those who heed admonition gain understanding.
The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their way preserve their lives.
Whoever wanders from the way of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; the cautious will keep far from them.
Where there is no prophecy, the people cast off restraint, but happy are those who keep the law.
My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments, for that is the whole duty of everyone.
Whoever obeys a command will meet no harm, and the wise mind will know the time and way.
But this command I gave them, “Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; walk only in the way that I command you, so that it may be well with you.”
They heard the sound of the trumpet and did not take warning; their blood shall be upon themselves. But if they had taken warning, they would have saved their lives.
For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?
And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.”
But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but obeying the commandments of God is everything.
and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.
For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome,
Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they will have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates.