righteousness: Proverbs 11:4, Proverbs 10:16, Proverbs 12:28, Proverbs 19:23; Acts 10:35; 1 John 3:7, 1 John 3:10
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Proverbs 11:19
Proverbs 11:19
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Proverbs 11 — OverviewProverbs 11 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWeighty Sayings.Proverbs 11 — OverviewProverbs 11 · Little Bible — for children and parentsProverbs 11 is a gallery of contrasts: honest versus dishonest, proud versus humble, generous versus greedy, righteous versus wicked. Every pairing teaches the same underlying truth — God sees all things, and He rewards…Proverbs 11:19Proverbs 11:19 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIt 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.…Proverbs 11:19Proverbs 11:19 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAs righteousness [tendeth] to life,.... Or, is unto life: not mere outward acts of moral righteousness; these may be done where there is no principle of spiritual life, and are no other than dead works, and will never…Proverbs 11:19Proverbs 11:19 · Little Bible — for children and parentsThere are only two ultimate destinations: life and death. Righteousness is the path to life — not just physical life but the abundant, God-given life. Evil is a path that ends in death, including spiritual death and…