Matthew Henry · Verse 19
True holiness is true happiness. The more violent a man is in sinful pursuits, the more he hastens his own destruction.
Proverbs 11:19
He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.
World English Bible
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WEBBE
He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.
BSB
Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.
KJV
As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
ASV
He that is stedfast in righteousness [shall attain] unto life; And he that pursueth evil [doeth it] to his own death.
BBE
So righteousness gives life; but he who goes after evil gets death for himself.
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