for her house sinks down to death
and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.

Her feet go down to death;
her steps head straight for Sheol.

For she has brought many down to death;
her victims are countless.

Her house is the road to Sheol,
descending to the chambers of death.

but the one who misses me harms himself;
all who hate me love death.”

Ill-gotten gains do not profit anyone,
but righteousness rescues from death.

Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,
but righteousness rescues from death.

Genuine righteousness leads to life,
but pursuing evil leads to death.

There is life in the path of righteousness,
but another path leads to death.

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A wise man’s instruction is a fountain of life,
turning people away from the snares of death.

There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way to death.

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life,
turning people away from the snares of death.

A king’s fury is a messenger of death,
but a wise man appeases it.

There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way to death.

Life and death are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Making a fortune through a lying tongue
is a vanishing mist, a pursuit of death.

Rescue those being taken off to death,
and save those stumbling toward slaughter.