Proverbs 12:28 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Proverbs 12:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Proverbs 12. Here we have a number of proverbs handling the favourite subject of retribution ( Proverbs 12:2 f., Proverbs 12:7 ; Proverbs 12:14 ; Proverbs 12:21 ; Proverbs 12:28 ). Several dea...

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• Proverbs 12:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  life: i.e. life eternal. See note on Leviticus 18:5 . no death . immortality. Or take nethebah (as in Judges 5:6 ; Isaiah 59:8 ) as denoting, with derek, no devious winding by-path. In thi...

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• Proverbs 12:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death. In the way of righteousness is life - חיים chaiyim, lives; life temporal, and life eternal. And in the pathwa...

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• Proverbs 12:28 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  In the path-way thereof there is no death— Or, There is immortality. The LXX read the clause, But the way of the revengeful is to death: and Houbigant, after the Vulgate, But a devious way lea...

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• Proverbs 12:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death. In the way of righteousness (is) life; and (in) the pathway (thereof there is) no death. "The pathway:" two...

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• Proverbs 12:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  4. A crown, etc.] Possibly there may be a reference to the crown worn on their wedding-day by bride and bridegroom ( Song of Solomon 3:11 ; Song of Solomon 8:9 ). In Damascus the bridal crown cons...

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• Proverbs 12:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  In the way of righteousness is life. — Comp. above on Proverbs 10:2 , “Righteousness delivereth from death.”

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• Proverbs 12:28 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 13 THE TONGUE "A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his MOUTH: and the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him."- Proverbs 12:14 "In the transgression of the L...

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• Proverbs 12:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Verse Proverbs 12:9 . That is to say, it matters little that one is not counted as of any importance by his neighbors if, nevertheless, he is able to keep a servant, that is, to employ someone to mi...

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• Proverbs 12:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them. The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precio...

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• Proverbs 12:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  In the way of righteousness [is] life ,.... The life of the soul, or spiritual life, as Aben Ezra; and eternal life, as Gersom. One that is in the true way of righteousness is one that is instilled...

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• Proverbs 12:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the pathway [thereof there is] no death. Ver. 28. In the way of righteousness is life. ] And life, in any sense, is a sweet mercy, a precious indulg...

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• Proverbs 12:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  In the way of righteousness is life , &c. The practice of righteousness, though it expose a man to some dangers and inconveniences in the world, through the corruption of mankind, and the malice...

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• Proverbs 12:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        28 In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.       The way of religion is here recommended to us, 1. As a straight, plain, easy way; it is t...

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• Proverbs 12:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The practice of justice and godliness, though it expose a man to some dangers and inconveniences in the world, yet it will certainly lead him to life and happiness, whereas the end of all wicked cour...

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• Proverbs 12:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 12:28 . No death , literally “no-death,” i.e. , “immortality.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 12:28 I. There is a way of righteousness in the world . 1. This fact...

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• Proverbs 12:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 12:4 . A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, as illustrated at large in chap. 31. Proverbs 12:9 . He that is despised, and hath a servant. There are various comments here. He th...

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• Proverbs 12:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

  In the way of righteousness is life. Life in the way of righteousness There are many ways which men are found to pursue in order to the attainment of happiness. One pursues the way of worldly p...

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• Proverbs 12:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Proverbs 12:1 Instruction ; correction, discipline, which shows a man his faults, gives him a lowly opinion of himself, and opens his mind to receive knowledge, especially the...

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• Proverbs 12:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 28. In the way of righteousness is life, it leads to the possession and enjoyment of true life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death, no misfortune of any kind, for it is only the devi...

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• Proverbs 12:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 2:29 ; 1 John 3:7 ; 3 John 1:11 ; Ezekiel 18:20-24 ; Ezekiel 18:9 ; Proverbs 10:16 ; Proverbs 11:19 ; Proverbs 8:35 ; Proverbs 9:11 ; Romans 5:21 ; Romans 6:22 ; Romans 6:23 ; Tit...

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