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Proverbs 12

Prov. 12:28 KJV (With Strong’s)

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In the way
'orach (Hebrew #734)
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
KJV usage: manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-)way.
Pronounce: o'-rakh
Origin: from 732
of righteousness
tsdaqah (Hebrew #6666)
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
KJV usage: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
Pronounce: tsed-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 6663
is life
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
; and in the pathway
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
nathiyb (Hebrew #5410)
or nthibah (Jeremiah 6:16) {neth-ee-baw'}; from an unused root meaning to tramp; a (beaten) track
KJV usage: path((-way)), X travel(-ler), way.
Pronounce: naw-theeb'
Origin: or (feminine) nthiybah {neth-ee-baw'}
thereof there is no death
maveth (Hebrew #4194)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
KJV usage: (be) dead((-ly)), death, die(-d).
Pronounce: maw'-veth
Origin: from 4191
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 8:35• 35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of Jehovah; (Prov. 8:35)
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Prov. 9:11• 11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee. (Prov. 9:11)
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Prov. 10:16• 16The labour of a righteous man tendeth to life; the revenue of a wicked man, to sin. (Prov. 10:16)
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Prov. 11:19• 19As righteousness tendeth to life, so he that pursueth evil doeth it to his own death. (Prov. 11:19)
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Ezek. 18:9,20‑24• 9hath walked in my statutes, and kept mine ordinances, to deal faithfully: he is righteous, he shall certainly live, saith the Lord Jehovah.
 20The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
 21And the wicked, if he turn from all his sins which he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do judgment and justice, he shall certainly live, he shall not die.
 22None of his transgressions which he hath committed shall be remembered against him; in his righteousness which he hath done shall he live.
 23Have I any pleasure at all in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; is it not in his turning from his way, that he may live?
 24And when the righteous turneth from his righteousness and practiseth what is wrong, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked doeth, shall he live? None of his righteous acts which he hath done shall be remembered: in his unfaithfulness which he hath wrought, and in his sin which he hath sinned, in them shall he die. (Ezek. 18:9,20‑24)
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Rom. 5:21• 21in order that, even as sin has reigned in the power of death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom. 5:21)
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Rom. 6:22‑23• 22But *now*, having got your freedom from sin, and having become bondmen to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end eternal life.
 23For the wages of sin is death; but the act of favour of God, eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom. 6:22‑23)
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Titus 2:11‑12• 11For the grace of God which carries with it salvation for all men has appeared,
 12teaching us that, having denied impiety and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, and justly, and piously in the present course of things, (Titus 2:11‑12)
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1 John 2:29• 29If ye know that he is righteous, know that every one who practises righteousness is begotten of him. (1 John 2:29)
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1 John 3:7• 7Children, let no man lead you astray; he that practises righteousness is righteous, even as *he* is righteous. (1 John 3:7)
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3 John 11• 11Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He that does good is of God. He that does evil has not seen God. (3 John 11)
• The way of righteousness is that path of the just that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. Passing through a scene of death, it goes on to the land of life. (“Proverbs Twelve” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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In the path of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof there is no death.