Proverbs 10:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ The wage of the righteous is for life, The increase of the wrong is for 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.

Proverbs 10:16 Cross References

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who is winning lives is wise.

Proverbs 21:21

He who pursues righteousness and kindness Finds life, righteousness and esteem.

Matthew 15:19

“For out of the heart come forth wicked reasonings, murders, adulteries, whorings, thefts, false witnessings, slanders.

John 6:27

“Do not labour for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to everlasting life, which the Son of Aḏ

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the favourable gift of Elohim is everlasting life in Messiah יהושע  our Master.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Master, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Master.

2 Timothy 3:13

But evil men and impostors shall go on to the worse, leading astray and being led astray.

Hebrews 6:10

For Elohim is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love which you have shown toward His Name, in that you have attended to the set-apart ones, and still attend.