Proverbs 12:28
Strong's Lexicon
There is life
חַיִּ֑ים (ḥay·yîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2416: adj 1) living, alive 1a) green (of vegetation) 1b) flowing, fresh (of water) 1c) lively, active (of man) 1d) reviving (of the springtime) n m 2) relatives 3) life (abstract emphatic) 3a) life 3b) sustenance, maintenance n f 4) living thing, animal 4a) animal 4b) life 4c) appetite 4d) revival, renewal 5) community

in the path
בְּאֹֽרַח־ (bə·’ō·raḥ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 734: 1) way, path 1a) path, road 1b) the path, way, passing of life (fig.) 1c) way of living (fig.) 1d) traveller, wayfarer (meton)

of righteousness,
צְדָקָ֥ה (ṣə·ḏā·qāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6666: 1) justice, righteousness 1a) righteousness (in government) 1a1) of judge, ruler, king 1a2) of law 1a3) of Davidic king Messiah 1b) righteousness (of God's attribute) 1c) righteousness (in a case or cause) 1d) righteousness, truthfulness 1e) righteousness (as ethically right) 1f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification, salvation 1f1) of God 1f2) prosperity (of people) 1g) righteous acts

but another path
וְדֶ֖רֶךְ (wə·ḏe·reḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1870: 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.)

נְתִיבָ֣ה (nə·ṯî·ḇāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5410: 1) trodden with the feet, path, pathway 2) path, pathway, traveller

אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference) 1a) do not, let not (with a verb) 1b) let there not be (with a verb understood) 1c) not, no (with substantive) 1d) nothing (as substantive)

leads to death.
מָֽוֶת׃‪‬ (mā·weṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4194: 1) death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead 1a) death 1b) death by violence (as a penalty) 1c) state of death, place of death

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.

Young's Literal Translation
In the path of righteousness [is] life, And in the way of [that] path [is] no death!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.

New American Standard Bible
In the way of righteousness is life, And in [its] pathway there is no death.

King James Bible
In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the pathway [thereof there is] no death.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
In the way of righteousness there is life; along that path is immortality.

New Living Translation
The way of the godly leads to life; that path does not lead to death.

English Standard Version
In the path of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death.

New American Standard Bible
In the way of righteousness is life, And in its pathway there is no death.

King James Bible
In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.

International Standard Version
In the pathway to righteousness there is life, and in that lifestyle there is no death.

NET Bible
In the path of righteousness there is life, but another path leads to death.

American Standard Version
In the way of righteousness is life; And in the pathway thereof there is no death.

English Revised Version
In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

Young's Literal Translation
In the path of righteousness is life, And in the way of that path is no death!
















Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:15
See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;

Deuteronomy 32:46
And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.

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

Jeremiah 21:8
And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 12:27
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

Proverbs 12:26
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

Proverbs 12:25
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

Proverbs 13:1
A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

Proverbs 13:2
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

Proverbs 13:3
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
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