Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
Bible References
Labour
John 6:27
Work for no perishing food, but for that lasting food which means eternal life; the Son of man will give you that, for the Father, God, has certified him."
1 Corinthians 15:58
Well then, my beloved brothers, hold your ground, immovable; abound in work for the Lord at all times, for you may be sure that in the Lord your labour is never thrown away.
Galatians 6:7
Make no mistake ??God is not to be mocked ??a man will reap just what he sows;
Hebrews 6:10
God is not unfair; he will not forget what you have done, or the love you have shown for his sake in ministering, as you still do, to the saints.
The fruit
Matthew 7:17
every good tree bears sound fruit, but a rotten tree bears bad fruit;
Matthew 12:33
Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten; for the tree is known by its fruit.
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil designs, murder, adultery, sexual vice, stealing, false witness, and slander.
Romans 6:23
Sin's wage is death, but God's gift is life eternal in Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Timothy 2:17
and their doctrine spreads like a gangrene. So it is with Hymenaeus and Philetus;
2 Timothy 3:13
Bad characters and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and deceived themselves;