Proverbs 11:19
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death."
Word-by-Word Analysis
צְדָקָה
tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
נָטָה
nâṭâh
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
רָדַף
râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
רָדַף
râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
מָוֶת
mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Key Terms in This Verse
נָטָה nâṭâh
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application
Study H5186 →רָדַף râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
Study H7291 →רָדַף râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
Study H7291 →צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
Study H6666 →מָוֶת mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Study H4194 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →Cross References
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
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