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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 10) Proverbs 10:16 KJV
"The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin."
Proverbs Chapter 10, Verse 16
Proverbs 10:16 in Context (Verses 13–19 KJV)
13
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.*
14
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
15
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
16
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
17
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.*
18
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
19
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.