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Proverbs 19:16
Proverbs 19:16 is verse 16 of Proverbs chapter 19, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He who keeps a commandment preserves his soul, but he who is careless in his ways will die.
King James Version
He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
World English Bible
He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.
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Proverbs 19:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible
14 Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
15 Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
16 He who keeps a commandment preserves his soul, but he who is careless in his ways will die.
17 Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
18 Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
Proverbs 29:18Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the Law.
Psalms 103:18to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.
Ecclesiastes 8:5Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
Ecclesiastes 12:13When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
Jeremiah 7:23but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.
Luke 10:28“You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”
Luke 11:28But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
John 14:15If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
John 14:21Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
John 14:22Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”
John 14:23Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
John 15:10If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
John 15:11I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.
John 15:12This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
John 15:13Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.
1 Corinthians 7:19Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.
1 John 2:3By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
1 John 2:4If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 3:22and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
1 John 5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
Revelation 22:14Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.
Proverbs 16:17The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.
Proverbs 21:23He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
Proverbs 22:5Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
Ezekiel 33:5Since he heard the sound of the horn but failed to heed the warning, his blood will be on his own head. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.
Matthew 16:26What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
Proverbs 13:13He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.
Proverbs 15:32He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.