18 Bad work gets paid with a bad check; good work gets solid pay.

19 Take your stand with God's loyal community and live, or chase after phantoms of evil and die.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 11:18-19

Commentary on Proverbs 11:18

(Read Proverbs 11:18)

He that makes it his business to do good, shall have a reward, as sure to him as eternal truth can make it.

Commentary on Proverbs 11:19

(Read Proverbs 11:19)

True holiness is true happiness. The more violent a man is in sinful pursuits, the more he hastens his own destruction.