Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Honorable wages lead to life; the salaries of the wicked, to retribution.
New American Standard Bible
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 activity of the wicked leads to sin.
A Conservative Version
The labor of a righteous man produces life. The fruit of a wicked man [is] to sin.
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 10:16
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Proverbs Concerning The Mouth
15 The rich hide within the fortress that is their wealth, but the poor are dismayed due to their poverty. 16 Honorable wages lead to life; the salaries of the wicked, to retribution. 17 Whoever heeds correction is on the pathway to life, but someone who ignores exhortation goes astray.
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Cross References
Proverbs 11:18-19
Evil people earn deceptive wages, but those who plant righteousness are truly rewarded.
John 6:27
Do not work for food that perishes but for food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal on him."
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in union with the Messiah Jesus our Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, unmovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that the work that you do for the Lord isn't wasted.
Galatians 6:7-9
Stop being deceived; God is not to be ridiculed. A person harvests whatever he plants:
Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who wins people is wise.
Isaiah 3:10-11
"Tell the righteous that things will go well, because they will enjoy the fruit of their actions."
Matthew 7:17-18
In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces bad fruit.
Matthew 12:33-34
"Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten, because a tree is known by its fruit.
Matthew 15:19
It is out of the heart that evil thoughts come, as well as murder, adultery, sexual immorality, stealing, false testimony, and slander.
2 Timothy 2:17-18
and what they say will spread everywhere like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are like that.
2 Timothy 3:13
But evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse as they deceive others and are themselves deceived.
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have ministered to the saints and continue to minister to them.