Proverbs 10:16

Proverbs Concerning The Mouth

¹⁵ The rich man’s wealth is his fortress,
The ruin of the poor is their poverty.
¹⁶ The wages of the righteous is life,
The income of the wicked, punishment.
¹⁷ He is on the path of life who heeds instruction,
But he who ignores reproof goes astray.

Do Good

Leads to Life

Righteous Man

With God

Tendeth To Life

Sin

Proverbs 11:18-19

The wicked earns deceptive wages,
But he who sows righteousness gets a true reward.

John 6:27

Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.”

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.

Galatians 6:7-9

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
And he who is wise wins souls.

Isaiah 3:10-11

Say to the righteous that it will go well with them,
For they will eat the fruit of their actions.

Matthew 7:17-18

So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.

Matthew 12:33-34

“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.

2 Timothy 2:17-18

and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,

2 Timothy 3:13

But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints.