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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,{HR}And shall obtain favour of Jehovah. (Prov. 8:35)
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Prov. 9:11• 11For by me thy days shall be multiplied,{HR}And years of life shall be added to thee. (Prov. 9:11)
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Prov. 10:16• 16The labour of righteousness [tendeth] to life,{HR}The revenue of wickedness to sin. (Prov. 10:16)
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Prov. 11:19• 19As righteousness [tendeth] to life,{HR}So to death he that pursueth evil. (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.
 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 Jehovah: and not that he should turn 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 reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness unto life eternal by Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom. 5:21)
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Rom. 6:22‑23• 22But now freed from sin, and made bondservants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end life eternal.
 23For the wages of sin [is] death, but the free gift of God life eternal in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom. 6:22‑23)
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Titus 2:11‑12• 11For the grace of God appeared bringing salvation to all men,
 12instructing us that, having denied ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godlily in this present age, (Titus 2:11‑12)
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1 John 2:29• 29If ye know that he is righteous, know that every one that doeth righteousness hath been begotten of him. (1 John 2:29)
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1 John 3:7• 7Dear children, let no one lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous even as he is righteous. (1 John 3:7)
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3 John 11• 11Beloved, imitate not the evil but the good. The good-doer is of God; the evil-doer 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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In the path of righteousness [is] life;{HR}And in its pathway is no death.