Proverbs 11:19 · KJV
“As righteousness {tendeth} to life: so he that pursueth evil {pursueth it} to his own death.”
— Proverbs 11:19
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness {shall be} a sure reward.
They that are of a froward heart {are} abomination to the LORD: but {such as are} upright in {their} way {are} his delight.
Proverbs 11 — Context
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but {he that is} cruel troubleth his own flesh.
18The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness {shall be} a sure reward.
19As righteousness {tendeth} to life: so he that pursueth evil {pursueth it} to his own death.
20They that are of a froward heart {are} abomination to the LORD: but {such as are} upright in {their} way {are} his delight.
21{Though} hand {join} in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:16
The labour of the righteous {tendeth} to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
Romans 2:8-9
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
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 1:16-19
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Proverbs 8:36
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
Proverbs 7:22-23
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; {straightway: Heb. suddenly}
Acts 10:35
But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.