THEOSISProverbs 10:16Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The work of the just is unto life: but the fruit of the wicked unto sin.
פְּעֻלַּ֣ת צַדִּ֣יק לְחַיִּ֑ים תְּבוּאַ֖ת רָשָׁ֣ע לְחַטָּֽאת׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Isa 3:10Say to the just man that it is well, for he shall eat the fruit of his doings.
- Isa 3:11Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
- John 6:27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto life everlasting, which the Son of man will give you. For him hath God, the Father, sealed.
- Heb 6:10For God is not unjust, that he should forget your work and the love which you have shewn in his name, you who have ministered and do minister to the saints.
- Prov 11:18The wicked maketh an unsteady work: but to him that soweth justice, there is a faithful reward.
- Prov 11:19Clemency prepareth life: and the pursuing of evil things, death.
- Rom 6:23For the wages of sin is death. But the grace of God, life everlasting in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Gal 6:7Be not deceived: God is not mocked.