16The labour of the righteous tendeth to life; the increase of the wicked to sin.


In Context

13 In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life; the increase of the wicked to sin.

17 He is in the way of life that heedeth correction: but he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

18 He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; and he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

Proverbs 10:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:16The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:16The wages of the righteous bring them life, but the income of the wicked brings them punishment.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:16The work of the just is unto life: but the fruit of the wicked, unto sin.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:16The labor of the righteous tendeth to life; The increase of the wicked, to sin.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:16The labour of a righteous man tendeth to life; the revenue of a wicked man, to sin.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:16The labor of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:16The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:16The wage of the righteous is for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:16The labor of the righteous tends to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.