Proverbs 10:16
The wage of the righteous [is] for life, || The increase of the wicked for sin.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
In Context
15The wealth of the rich [is] his strong city, || The ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.
17A traveler to life [is] he who is keeping instruction, || And whoever is forsaking rebuke is erring.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, || And whoever is taking souls [is] wise.
Isaiah 3:10Say to the righteous that [it is] good, || Because they eat the fruit of their doings.
Matthew 12:33Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad, for from the fruit is the tree known.
John 6:27do not work for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to continuous life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for the Father sealed Him—[even] God.”
1 Corinthians 15:58so that, my beloved brothers, become steadfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the LORD at all times, knowing that your labor in the LORD is not vain.
2 Timothy 2:17and their word will have pasture as a gangrene, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:16
15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. This may be taken two ways:—1. As a reason why we should be diligent in our business, that we may avoid that sinking dispiriting uneasiness which attends poverty, and may enjoy the benefit and comfort which those have that are beforehand in the world. Taking pains is really the way to make ourselves and our families easy. Or, rather, 2. As a representation of the common mistakes both of rich and poor, concerning their… Read the whole commentary →