Proverbs 10:16
“The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.”
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
Cross-References
“As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.”
“Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.”
“Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.”
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”
“Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.”