Proverbs Chapter 19 verse 16 Holy Bible
He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; `But' he that is careless of his ways shall die.
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He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.
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He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; he that is careless of his ways shall die.
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He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
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He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, But he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.
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Whoso is keeping the command is keeping his soul, Whoso is despising His ways dieth.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - Keepeth his own soul. Obedience to God's commandments preserves a man's natural and spiritual life (comp. Proverbs 13:13; Proverbs 16:17). So we read in Ecclesiastes 8:5, "Whoso keepeth the commandment (mitsvah, as here) shall feel no evil thing." He that despiseth his ways shall die. He that cares nothing what he does, whether his life pleases God or not, shall perish. Ἀπολεῖται, Septuagint; mortificabitur, Vulgate. The result is understood differently. The Khetib reads, יוּמַת (iumath), "shall be punished with death" according to the penalties enacted in the Mosaic Law. The Keri reads, יָמוּת (iamuth), "shall die," as in Proverbs 15:10; and this seems more in agreement with what we find elsewhere in the book, as in Proverbs 10:21; Proverbs 23:13. This insensate carelessness leads to ruin, whether its punishment be undertaken by outraged law. or whether it be left to the Divine retribution.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) He that despiseth his ways--i.e., takes no heed to them, whether they please God or not.Shall die.--Physically (comp. Exodus 12:15; 1Corinthians 11:30), spiritually (comp. Luke 1:79); a death to be completed hereafter (Revelation 2:11).