The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but lawlessness takes away lives.
Proverbs 10:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin. More versionsKing 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. |
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but lawlessness takes away lives.
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander.
Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal.”
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
while evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceivers and deceived.
For God is not so unjust as to overlook your work and the love which you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.