Proverbs 10:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The reward of the righteous is life; the wages of the wicked is punishment.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: The fruit of the wicked to sin.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The earnings of the righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) lead to life, but the profit of the wicked leads to further sin. [Rom. 6:21; I Tim. 6:10.]

American Standard Version (1901)

The labor of the righteous tendeth to life; The increase of the wicked, to sin.

Common English Bible

The wages of the righteous lead to life; the earnings of the wicked lead to sin.

Catholic Public Domain Version

The work of the just is unto life. But the fruit of the impious is unto sin.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The work of the just is unto life: but the fruit of the wicked, unto sin.

Proverbs 10:16 Cross References