Proverbs 12:28

The Message

Good men and women travel right into life; sin’s detours take you straight to hell.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:16

The wage of a good person is exuberant life; an evil person ends up with nothing but sin.

Proverbs 10:2

Ill-gotten gain gets you nowhere; an honest life is immortal.

Proverbs 11:19

Take your stand with God’s loyal community and live, or chase after phantoms of evil and die.

Jeremiah 21:8

“And then tell the people at large, ‘God’s Message to you is this: Listen carefully. I’m giving you a choice: life or death. Whoever stays in this city will die—either in battle or by starvation or disease. But whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who have surrounded the city will live. You’ll lose everything—but not your life. I’m determined to see this city destroyed. I’m that angry with this place! God’s Decree. I’m going to give it to the king of Babylon, and he’s going to burn it to the ground.’ * * *

Deuteronomy 30:15

Look at what I’ve done for you today: I’ve placed in front of you Life and Good Death and Evil.

Deuteronomy 30:19

I call Heaven and Earth to witness against you today: I place before you Life and Death, Blessing and Curse. Choose life so that you and your children will live. And love God, your God, listening obediently to him, firmly embracing him. Oh yes, he is life itself, a long life settled on the soil that God, your God, promised to give your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

1 John 2:29

Once you’re convinced that he is right and righteous, you’ll recognize that all who practice righteousness are God’s true children.

1 John 3:7

So, my dear children, don’t let anyone divert you from the truth. It’s the person who acts right who is right, just as we see it lived out in our righteous Messiah. Those who make a practice of sin are straight from the Devil, the pioneer in the practice of sin. The Son of God entered the scene to abolish the Devil’s ways.

3 John 1:11

Friend, don’t go along with evil. Model the good. The person who does good does God’s work. The person who does evil falsifies God, doesn’t know the first thing about God.