Proverbs 12:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁸ In the path of righteousness there is life; in walking its path there is no death.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ In the way of righteousness is life; And in the pathway thereof there is no death.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ Life is in the way of righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation), and in its pathway there is no death but immortality (perpetual, eternal life). [John 3:36; 4:36; 8:51; 11:26; I Cor. 15:54; Gal. 6:8.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ In the way of righteousness is life; And in the pathway thereof there is no death.

Common English Bible

²⁸ The way of the righteous leads to life, but the detestable path leads to death.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ In the path of justice, there is life. But the devious way leads to death.

Proverbs 12:28 Cross References

3 John 1:11

Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but imitate what is good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.

Romans 5:21

so that, just as sin reigned in death, so grace might also reign through justification leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Proverbs 11:19

Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live, but whoever pursues evil will die.

1 John 3:7

Little children, let no one deceive you. Everyone who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.

1 John 2:29

If you perceive that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who does right has been born of him.

Ezekiel 18:9

follows my statutes, and is careful to observe my ordinances, acting faithfully—such a one is righteous; he shall surely live, says the Lord God.

Proverbs 10:16

The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.

Proverbs 8:35

For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord,

Deuteronomy 30:15

“See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity.

Proverbs 9:11

For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

Deuteronomy 32:46

he said to them, “Take to heart all the words that I am giving in witness against you today; give them as a command to your children, so that they may diligently observe all the words of this law.

Jeremiah 21:8

And to this people you shall say: Thus says the Lord: See, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death.

Deuteronomy 30:19

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live,

Proverbs 10:2

Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.