Proverbs 10:16 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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

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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

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

Proverbs 21:21

He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honor.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

John 6:27

Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

2 Timothy 3:13

But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which ye have showed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.