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


In Context

13 In the lips of the intelligent is wisdom found, And a rod is for the back of him who is lacking understanding.

14 The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool is near ruin.

15 The wealth of the rich is his strong city, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.

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

17 A traveller to life is he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.

18 Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report 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 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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