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
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man will give you; for him hath God the Father sealed.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.
Galatians 6:7
Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man soweth, that also shall he reap.
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unrighteous, to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
The fruit
Matthew 7:17
So every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth 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 proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings.
Romans 6:23
For death is the wages of sin; but eternal life is the gift of God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
2 Timothy 2:17
And their word will eat as a gangrene; of whom are Hymeneus and Philetus,
2 Timothy 3:13
But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.