Proverbs 10:16
The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.
BSB
ASV
The labor of the righteous tendeth to life; The increase of the wicked, to sin.
KJV
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
The labor of the righteous - The good man labors that he may be able to support life; this is his first object: and then to have something to divide with the poor; this is his next object. The fruit of the wicked to sin - This man lives to eat and drink, and his property he spends in riot and excess. God’s blessings are cursed to him.
The labour - The fruit of his labour, to the preservation of this life, and obtaining eternal life. Fruit - The fruit of all their labour tends to sin, and serves only for fuel to mens pride and luxury.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of…
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John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of…
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Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the…
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Hebrews 6:10For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
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And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
