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Proverbs 11:19

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As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
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  1. Proverbs 10:16Rank 1 from verse 19
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    16The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  2. Proverbs 12:28Rank 2 from verse 19
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    28In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

  3. Proverbs 19:23Rank 3 from verse 19
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    23The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

  4. Romans 2:8–9Rank 4 from verse 19
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    8But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

    9Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

  5. Proverbs 1:16–19Rank 5 from verse 19
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    16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

    17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

    18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

    19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

  6. Proverbs 7:22–23Rank 6 from verse 19
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    22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

    23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

  7. Proverbs 8:36Rank 7 from verse 19
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    36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

  8. 1 John 3:10Rank 8 from verse 19
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    10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

  9. 1 John 3:7Rank 9 from verse 19
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    7Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

  10. Acts 10:35Rank 10 from verse 19
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    35But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

  11. Romans 6:23Rank 11 from verse 19
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    23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  12. Proverbs 11:4Rank 12 from verse 19
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    4Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

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Proverbs 11:19

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evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

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11:18The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

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

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11:20They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

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