19He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.


In Context

16 A gracious woman obtains honor, but violent men obtain riches.

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 Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.

21 Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.

Proverbs 11:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:19As righteousness [tendeth] to life: so he that pursueth evil [pursueth it] to his own death.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:19The truly righteous man attains life, but he who pursues evil goes to his death.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:19Clemency prepareth life: and the pursuing of evil things, death.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:19He that is stedfast in righteousness'shall attain unto life; And he that pursueth evil doeth it to his own death.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:19As righteousness tendeth to life, so he that pursueth evil doeth it to his own death.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:19He that is stedfast in righteousness shall attain unto life: and he that pursueth evil doeth it to his own death.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:19As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:19Rightly is righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil — for his own death.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:19As righteousness tends to life: so he that pursues evil pursues it to his own death.