Proverbs 19:16 - Tree of Life Version One who keeps a mitzvah guards his soul, but one who neglects His ways will die. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; But he that despiseth his ways shall die. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; But he that is careless of his ways shall die. Common English Bible Those who keep the commandment preserve their lives; those who disregard their ways will die. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever guards a commandment guards his own soul. But whoever neglects his own way will die. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that keepeth the commandment, keepeth his own soul: but he that neglecteth his own way, shall die. |
to those who keep His covenant, who remember to observe His instructions.
Whoever despises instruction will pay a penalty, but whoever respects a mitzvah will be rewarded.
Whoever avoids correction despises himself, but whoever heeds reproof acquires understanding.
The highway of the upright avoids evil. He who guards his way protects his life.
Whoever strays from the path of wisdom ends up in the congregation of the dead.
Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but one who guards his soul stays far from them.
Where there is no divine vision people cast off restraint, but blessed is the one who keeps Torah.
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my mitzvot.
A final word, when all has been heard: Fear God and keep His mitzvot! For this applies to all mankind.
Whoever obeys his command will not experience harm, and a wise person’s heart discerns the proper time and procedure.
but I explicitly commanded them: ‘Obey My voice and I will be your God to you and you will be My people. Walk in all the ways that I command you that it may go well with you.’
He heard the sound of the shofar and ignored the warning; his blood will be on himself. However, if he had taken warning, he would have saved his soul.
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
Yeshua said to him, “You have answered correctly. Do this and you will live.”
But He said, “Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing—but keeping God’s commandments matters.
and whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
For this is the love of God—that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.
How fortunate are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the Tree of Life and may enter through the gates into the city.