This closing verse is a magnificent promise and a fitting summary of the chapter. Righteousness is not a burdensome set of rules but a living path — and that path leads to life itself. The pathway of righteousness is the pathway to life with God, both now and eternally. Death has no final claim on those who walk in His way.
Memory phrase: Righteousness leads to life.
Talk about it: What does it mean that righteousness leads to life, not death?
Prayer: God, keep me on the righteous path that leads to life.