19As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
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The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, …
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19)It is here shown that righteousness, not only by the divine judgment, will end in life, and wickedness in death, but that righteousness, in its own nature, has a direct tendency to life and wickedness to death. 1. True holiness is true happiness; it is a preparative for it, a pledge and earnest of it. Righteousness inclines, disposes, and leads, the soul to life . 2. In like manner, those that ind…
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