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Proverbs 12:28

There is life in the path of righteousness,

but another path leads to death.

Proverbs 12:28 BSB

Proverbs 12:28 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 12 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 3 John 1:11 (12 votes) and Romans 5:21 (9 votes). 6 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Deuteronomy 6 to 3 John 1.

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Which verses does Proverbs 12:28 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. 3 John 1:1112 votes

    Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

  2. Romans 5:219 votes

    so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  3. Ezekiel 18:20–248 votes

    The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him. But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die. …

  4. Proverbs 11:196 votes

    Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.

  5. Titus 2:11–126 votes

    For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone. It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

  6. Deuteronomy 30:155 votes

    See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, as well as death and disaster.

  7. Proverbs 8:355 votes

    For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.

  8. Proverbs 10:165 votes

    The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.

  9. Ezekiel 18:95 votes

    He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.

  10. 1 John 2:295 votes

    If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

  11. 1 John 3:75 votes
  12. Romans 6:22–234 votes
  13. Proverbs 9:113 votes

Which verses point to Proverbs 12:28?

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