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Proverbs 19:16

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16The one who keeps commands preserves himself;ah

one who disregardsC his ways will die.ai

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Footnotes

  1. COr despises, or treats lightly

Cross references

  1. ahLk 10:28
  2. aiPr 3:1–2; 4:4; 13:13

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Whoever keeps the commandment keeps his life;

he who despises his ways will die.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life,

but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.

NLTNew Living Translation

Keep the commandments and keep your life;

despising them leads to death.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He who guards commandments guards his life;

he who is careless of his ways will be killed.

KJV 1900King James Version

He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul;

But he that despiseth his ways shall die.