Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

The labor of a righteous man produces life. The fruit of a wicked man [is] to sin.

New American Standard Bible

The wages of the righteous is life,
The income of the wicked, punishment.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

The labor of the righteous leads to life;
the activity of the wicked leads to sin.

International Standard Version

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

American Standard Version

The labor of the righteous tendeth to life; The increase of the wicked, to sin.

Amplified


The wages of the righteous [the upright, those in right standing with God] is [a worthwhile, meaningful] life,
The income of the wicked, punishment.

Bible in Basic English

The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

Darby Translation

The labour of a righteous man tendeth to life; the revenue of a wicked man, to sin.

Julia Smith Translation

The labors of the just one, to life: the increase of the unjust to sin.

King James 2000

The labor of the righteous leads to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The wage of the righteous [leads] to life; the gain of the wicked to sin.

Modern King James verseion

The labor of the righteous tends to life; the fruit of the wicked tends to sin.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The righteous laboureth to do good; but the ungodly useth his increase unto sin.

NET Bible

The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

New Heart English Bible

The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

The Emphasized Bible

The labour of the righteous, leadeth to life, the increase of the lawless, to sin.

Webster

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

World English Bible

The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

Youngs Literal Translation

The wage of the righteous is for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
פּעלּה 
P@`ullah 
Usage: 14

of the righteous
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

the fruit
תּבוּאה 
T@buw'ah 
Usage: 42

of the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

References

Context Readings

Proverbs Concerning The Mouth

15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty. 16 The labor of a righteous man produces life. The fruit of a wicked man [is] to sin. 17 He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof errs.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:18-19

A wicked man earns deceitful wages, but he who sows righteousness [has] a sure reward.

John 6:27

Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for God the Father put a seal on this man.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers, become ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not empty in Lord.

Galatians 6:7-9

Be not misled, God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows this he will also reap.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of a righteous man is a tree of life, and he who is wise wins souls.

Isaiah 3:10-11

Say ye of the righteous, that [it is] well, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

Matthew 7:17-18

Likewise every good tree produces good fruits, but the corrupt tree produces bad fruits.

Matthew 12:33-34

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 from the heart comes forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, FALSE witnessings, revilings.

2 Timothy 2:17-18

and their word will have a feeding field like gangrene, of whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus,

2 Timothy 3:13

But evil men and impostors will go forward to worse, leading astray and being led astray.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labor of love that ye showed toward his name, having served the sanctified, and who are serving.

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