Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The wages of the righteous is life, but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death. New Living Translation The earnings of the godly enhance their lives, but evil people squander their money on sin. English Standard Version The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin. Berean Standard Bible The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment. King James Bible The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. New King James Version The labor of the righteous leads to life, The wages of the wicked to sin. New American Standard Bible The wages of the righteous is life, The income of the wicked, punishment. NASB 1995 The wages of the righteous is life, The income of the wicked, punishment. NASB 1977 The wages of the righteous is life, The income of the wicked, punishment. Legacy Standard Bible The wages of the righteous is life, The income of the wicked, punishment. Amplified Bible The wages of the righteous [the upright, those in right standing with God] is [a worthwhile, meaningful] life, The income of the wicked, punishment. Christian Standard Bible The reward of the righteous is life; the wages of the wicked is punishment. Holman Christian Standard Bible The labor of the righteous leads to life; the activity of the wicked leads to sin. American Standard Version The labor of the righteous tendeth to life; The increase of the wicked, to sin. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The work of the Righteous One is for life and the fruits of the Evil One are for sin. Brenton Septuagint Translation The works of the righteous produce life; but the fruits of the ungodly produce sins. Contemporary English Version If you live right, the reward is a good life; if you are evil, all you have is sin. Douay-Rheims Bible The work of the just is unto life: but the fruit of the wicked, unto sin. English Revised Version The labour of the righteous tendeth to life; the increase of the wicked to sin. GOD'S WORD® Translation A righteous person's reward is life. A wicked person's harvest is sin. Good News Translation The reward for doing good is life, but sin leads only to more sin. International Standard Version Honorable wages lead to life; the salaries of the wicked, to retribution. JPS Tanakh 1917 The wages of the righteous is life; The increase of the wicked is sin. Literal Standard Version The wage of the righteous [is] for life, | The increase of the wicked for sin. Majority Standard Bible The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment. New American Bible The labor of the just leads to life, the gains of the wicked, to futility. NET Bible The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment. New Revised Standard Version The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin. New Heart English Bible The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin. Webster's Bible Translation The labor of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. World English Bible The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin. Young's Literal Translation The wage of the righteous is for life, The increase of the wicked for sin. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Solomon's Proverbs: The Wise Son…15The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor. 16The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment. 17Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.… Cross References Proverbs 11:18 The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward. Proverbs 11:19 Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death. Treasury of Scripture The labor of the righteous tends to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. labour Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise. Isaiah 3:10,11 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings… the fruit Matthew 7:17,18 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit… Matthew 12:33,34 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit… Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: Jump to Previous Cause Evil-Doer Fruit Gain Gives Income Increase Labor Labour Punishment Revenue Righteous Sin Tendeth Upright Wage Wages Wicked WorkJump to Next Cause Evil-Doer Fruit Gain Gives Income Increase Labor Labour Punishment Revenue Righteous Sin Tendeth Upright Wage Wages Wicked WorkProverbs 10 1. Proverbs of Solomon: observations of moral virtues, and their contrary vices(16) The labour of the righteous tendeth to life.--For the gains of his honest toil have the blessing of God upon them, and so bring him satisfaction of mind and the power of performing his duties in life; whereas all that the wicked man acquires only helps him to sin yet more, by enabling him to indulge his evil passions.Verse 16. - Tendeth to life (Proverbs 11:19). Honest labour brings its own reward in the blessing of God and a long and peaceful life. The fruit of the wicked. All the profit that the wicked make they use in the service of sin, which tends only to death (Romans 6:21). The due reward of honourable industry is contrasted with the gains obtained by any means, discreditable or not. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The laborפְּעֻלַּ֣ת (pə·‘ul·laṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 6468: A work, recompense of the righteous צַדִּ֣יק (ṣad·dîq) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6662: Just, righteous leads to life, לְחַיִּ֑ים (lə·ḥay·yîm) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life [but] the gain תְּבוּאַ֖ת (tə·ḇū·’aṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 8393: Product, revenue of the wicked רָשָׁ֣ע (rā·šā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person [brings] punishment. לְחַטָּֽאת׃ (lə·ḥaṭ·ṭāṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender Links Proverbs 10:16 NIVProverbs 10:16 NLT Proverbs 10:16 ESV Proverbs 10:16 NASB Proverbs 10:16 KJV Proverbs 10:16 BibleApps.com Proverbs 10:16 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 10:16 Chinese Bible Proverbs 10:16 French Bible Proverbs 10:16 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 10:16 The labor of the righteous leads (Prov. 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