Proverbs 11:19
World English Bible (WEB)
He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.
In context
17 The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
18 Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
19 He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.
20 Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.
21 Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.
Proverbs 11:19 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.
- KJV King James Version
- As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.
- ASV American Standard Version
- He that is stedfast in righteousness shall attain unto life; And he that pursueth evil doeth it to his own death.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Rightly [is] righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil — for his own death.
- DBY Darby Translation
- As righteousness [tendeth] to life, so he that pursueth evil [doeth it] to his own death.
- WBS Webster Bible
- As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.