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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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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 8:35• 35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favor of the Lord. (Prov. 8:35)
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Prov. 9:11• 11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased. (Prov. 9:11)
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Prov. 10:16• 16The labor of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. (Prov. 10:16)
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Prov. 11:19• 19As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death. (Prov. 11:19)
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Ezek. 18:9,20‑24• 9Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord God.
 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.
 21But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
 22All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
 23Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
 24But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die. (Ezek. 18:9,20‑24)
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Rom. 5:21• 21That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom. 5:21)
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Rom. 6:22‑23• 22But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
 23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom. 6:22‑23)
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Titus 2:11‑12• 11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
 12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; (Titus 2:11‑12)
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1 John 2:29• 29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him. (1 John 2:29)
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1 John 3:7• 7Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. (1 John 3:7)
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3 John 11• 11Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath 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.