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 he that wins souls is wise.
Isaiah 3:10
Say unto the righteous that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat of the fruit of their doings.
John 6:27
Labour not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you, for him has God the Father sealed.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Galatians 6:7
Do not deceive yourselves; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows that shall he also reap.
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust to forget your work and labour of charity which ye have showed in his name, having helped the saints and helping them.
The fruit
Matthew 7:17
Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit, but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit.
Matthew 12:33
Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the grace of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Timothy 2:17
And that word will eat away as gangrene, of whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
2 Timothy 3:13
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
General references
Proverbs 12:28
In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.