Proverbs 10:16 - The Scriptures 2009 The wage of the righteous is for life, The increase of the wrong is for 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. |