Proverbs 11:19

Bible in Basic English 1965

So righteousness gives life; but he who goes after evil gets death for himself.

Cross References

2 Kings 1:16

And he said to him, This is the word of the Lord: Because you sent men to put a question to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, for this reason you will never again get down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you.

2 Kings 1:4

Give ear then to the words of the Lord: You will never again get down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you. Then Elijah went away.

Proverbs 10:16

The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

Proverbs 12:28

In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.

Proverbs 19:23

The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.

Proverbs 21:16

The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.

Proverbs 21:21

He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.

Proverbs 8:36

But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death.

Acts 10:35

But in every nation, the man who has fear of him and does righteousness is pleasing to him.

Romans 6:23

For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Deuteronomy 16:20

Let righteousness be your guide, so that you may have life, and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

James 1:15

Then when its time comes, desire gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is of full growth, gives birth to death.

1 John 3:10

In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.

1 John 3:7

My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;