Proverbs 10:16
The wage of the righteous [is] for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.
Young's Literal Translation
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 traveller to life [is] he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls [is] wise.
Isaiah 3:10Say ye to the righteous, that [it is] good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat.
Matthew 12:33'Either 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 6:27work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal — [even] God.'
1 Corinthians 15:58so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.
2 Timothy 2:17and their word as a gangrene will have pasture, 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 →