New English Translation
Proverbs 10:16
16The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.
Proverbs 10:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
- New International Version (NIV)The wages of the righteous is life, but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The labor of the righteous leads to life, The wages of the wicked to sin.
Context of Proverbs 10:16
14Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction. 15The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty. The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment. 17The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray. 18The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.
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פְּעֻלַּ֣ת צַדִּ֣יק לְחַיִּ֑ים תְּבוּאַ֖ת רָשָׁ֣ע לְחַטָּֽאת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 10:16
- Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the righteous is like a tree producing life, and the one who wins souls is wise.
- Isaiah 3:10Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.
- Matthew 7:17In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
- Matthew 12:33“Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.
- Matthew 15:19For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
- Romans 6:23For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- 2 Timothy 2:17and their message will spread its infection like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are in this group.
- 2 Timothy 3:13But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.
Commentaries on Proverbs 10:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16The labor of the righteous - The good man labors that he may be able to support life; this is his first object: and then to have something to divide with the poor; this is his next object. The fruit of the wicked to sin - This man lives to eat and drink, and his property he spends in riot and excess. God's blessings are cursed to him.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16A warning against the conclusion to seek wealth first of all, which men of lower natures might draw from Proverbs 10:15. “Quaerenda pecunia primum est; Virtus post nummos?” Horace, Ep. 1. i. 53. Such an inference is met by the experience, that while wealth gotten by honest industry is not only, like inherited riches a defense, but also a blessing, the seeming profit (rather than “fruit”) of the wicked tends to further sin 1 Timothy 6:10, and so to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16Verse 16 Perhaps a righteous man has no more than what he works hard for, but that labour tends to life.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. The industry of the righteous is alone truly successful, while the earnings of the wicked tempt and lead to sin.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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