Proverbs 11:19
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.

Young's Literal Translation
Rightly [is] righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil—for his own death.

King James Bible
As righteousness [tendeth] to life: so he that pursueth evil [pursueth it] to his own death.

Hebrew
Genuine
כֵּן־ (kên-)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

righteousness
צְדָקָ֥ה (ṣə·ḏā·qāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectively

leads to life,
לְחַיִּ֑ים (lə·ḥay·yîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

but the pursuit
וּמְרַדֵּ֖ף (ū·mə·rad·dêp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

of evil
רָעָ֣ה (rā·‘āh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

brings death.
לְמוֹתֽוֹ׃ (lə·mō·w·ṯōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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