Proverbs 10:16
“The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruite of the wicked to sinne.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
Viewing the original 1611 KJV with archaic English spelling.
Click to switch to the Standard KJV.
Proverbs 10:16 Context
14Wise men lay vp knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is neere destruction. 15The rich mans wealth is his strong citie: the destruction of the poore is their pouertie. 16The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruite of the wicked to sinne. 17He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but hee that refuseth reproofe, erreth. 18Hee that hideth hatred with lying lippes, and he that vttereth a slander, is a foole.
Share This Verse:
The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
- King James Version
The wages of the righteous is life, The income of the wicked, punishment.
- New American Standard Version (1995)