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


In Context

13 Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

14 Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

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

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

17 He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

18 He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters 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 English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:16The labour of the righteous tendeth to life; the increase of the wicked 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 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.