Proverbs 12:28 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁸In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

Proverbs 12:28 —

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Cross-References

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3 John 1:11
Beloved, 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.
Romans 5:21
That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Ezekiel 18:20-24
The 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. …
Proverbs 11:19
As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
Titus 2:11-12
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 28)

The way of religion is here recommended to us, 1. As a straight, plain, easy way; it is the way of righteousness. God’s commands (the rule we are to walk by) are all holy, just, and good. Religion has right reason and equity on its side; it is a path-way, a way which God has cast up for us (Isa. 35:8); it is a highway, the king’s highway, the King of kings’ highway, a way which is tracked before u…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 28)

28. (Compare Pr 8:8, 20, &c.). A sentiment often stated; here first affirmatively, then negatively.