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. He who is wise wins souls.
Isaiah 3:10
Tell the righteous "Good!" For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
John 6:27
Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Galatians 6:7
Don't be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.
The fruit
Matthew 7:17
Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.
Matthew 12:33
"Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Timothy 2:17
and their word will consume like gangrene, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
2 Timothy 3:13
But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
General references
Proverbs 12:28
In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.