Proverbs 10:16

Honorable wages lead to life; the salaries of the wicked, to retribution.

Proverbs 11:18-19

Evil people earn deceptive wages, but those who plant righteousness are truly rewarded.

John 6:27

Do not work for food that perishes but for food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal on him."

Romans 6:23

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

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, unmovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that the work that you do for the Lord isn't wasted.

Galatians 6:7-9

Stop being deceived; God is not to be ridiculed. A person harvests whatever he plants:

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who wins people is wise.

Isaiah 3:10-11

"Tell the righteous that things will go well, because they will enjoy the fruit of their actions."

Matthew 7:17-18

In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces bad fruit.

Matthew 12:33-34

"Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten, because a tree is known by its fruit.

Matthew 15:19

It is out of the heart that evil thoughts come, as well as murder, adultery, sexual immorality, stealing, false testimony, and slander.

2 Timothy 2:17-18

and what they say will spread everywhere like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are like that.

2 Timothy 3:13

But evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse as they deceive others and are themselves deceived.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have ministered to the saints and continue to minister to them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

General references

Bible References

Labour

Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who wins people is wise.
Isaiah 3:10
"Tell the righteous that things will go well, because they will enjoy the fruit of their actions."
John 6:27
Do not work for food that perishes but for food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal on him."
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, unmovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that the work that you do for the Lord isn't wasted.
Galatians 6:7
Stop being deceived; God is not to be ridiculed. A person harvests whatever he plants:
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have ministered to the saints and continue to minister to them.

The fruit

Matthew 7:17
In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces bad fruit.
Matthew 12:33
"Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten, because a tree is known by its fruit.
Matthew 15:19
It is out of the heart that evil thoughts come, as well as murder, adultery, sexual immorality, stealing, false testimony, and slander.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in union with the Messiah Jesus our Lord.
2 Timothy 2:17
and what they say will spread everywhere like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are like that.
2 Timothy 3:13
But evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse as they deceive others and are themselves deceived.

General references

Proverbs 12:28
In the pathway to righteousness there is life, and in that lifestyle there is no death.

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