Proverbs 11:19 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁹ He that is stedfast in righteousness shall attain unto life: And he that pursueth evil doeth it to his own death.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ As righteousness tendeth to life: So he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ He who is steadfast in righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) attains to life, but he who pursues evil does it to his own death.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ He that is stedfast in righteousness shall attain unto life; And he that pursueth evil doeth it to his own death.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ The righteous are headed toward life, but those who pursue evil, toward death.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ Clemency prepares life. And the pursuit of evils prepares death.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ Clemency prepareth life: and the pursuing of evil things, death.

Proverbs 11:19 Cross References

2 Kings 1:16

And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

2 Kings 1:4

Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

Proverbs 10:16

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life; The increase of the wicked to sin.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: But righteousness delivereth from death.

Proverbs 12:28

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

Proverbs 19:23

The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: And he that hath it shall abide satisfied; He shall not be visited with evil.

Proverbs 21:16

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the congregation of the dead.

Proverbs 21:21

He that followeth after righteousness and mercy Findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

Proverbs 8:36

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.

Acts 10:35

but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to him.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Deuteronomy 16:20

That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

James 1:15

Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.

1 John 3:10

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

1 John 3:7

My little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous: