The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the wise capture souls.
Proverbs 10:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin. Plus de 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, and the wise capture souls.
For out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
Do not work for the food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has 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 brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
But wicked people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived.
For God is not unjust; he will not overlook your work and the love that you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.