Proverbs 19:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ Those who keep the commandment will live; those who are heedless of their ways will die.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; But he that despiseth his ways shall die.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ 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)

¹⁶ He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; But he that is careless of his ways shall die.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Those who keep the commandment preserve their lives; those who disregard their ways will die.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Whoever guards a commandment guards his own soul. But whoever neglects his own way will die.

Proverbs 19:16 Cross References

Luke 10:28

And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.”

Proverbs 13:13

Those who despise a word bring destruction on themselves, but those who respect a command will be rewarded.

Luke 11:28

But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”

1 John 5:3

For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome,

1 John 3:22

and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.

Proverbs 29:18

Where there is no prophecy, the people cast off restraint, but happy are those who keep the law.

Proverbs 21:23

To watch over mouth and tongue is to keep out of trouble.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their way preserve their lives.

Revelation 22:14

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.

1 Corinthians 7:19

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but obeying the commandments of God is everything.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments, for that is the whole duty of everyone.

Ecclesiastes 8:5

Whoever obeys a command will meet no harm, and the wise mind will know the time and way.

Proverbs 3:1

My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,

John 14:15

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

Matthew 16:26

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?

Ezekiel 33:5

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.

Jeremiah 7:23

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.”

Proverbs 22:5

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; the cautious will keep far from them.

Proverbs 15:32

Those who ignore instruction despise themselves, but those who heed admonition gain understanding.

Psalm 103:18

to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.

Job 5:2

Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.

Proverbs 21:16

Whoever wanders from the way of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.