Proverbs 10:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁶ The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: The fruit of the wicked to sin.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ 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)

¹⁶ The labor of the righteous tendeth to life; The increase of the wicked, to sin.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ The wages of the righteous lead to life; the earnings of the wicked lead to sin.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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, but lawlessness takes away lives.

Proverbs 21:21

He who pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander.

John 6:27

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.”

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:58

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.

2 Timothy 3:13

while evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceivers and deceived.

Hebrews 6:10

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.