18 The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness—a true reward.

19 Rightly 'is' righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil—for his own death.

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

Commentary on Proverbs 11:18

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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

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