Proverbs 10:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁶The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

Proverbs 10:16 —

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Cross-References

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Isaiah 3:10-11
Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. …
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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.
Proverbs 11:18-19
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. …
John 6:27
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 16)

Solomon here confirms what his father had said (Ps. 37:16), A little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked. 1. Perhaps a righteous man has no more than what he works hard for; he eats only the labour of his hands, but that labour tends to life; he aims at nothing but to get an honest livelihood, covets not to be rich and great, but is willing to live and maintain his fa…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 16)

16. The industry of the righteous is alone truly successful, while the earnings of the wicked tempt and lead to sin.