Proverbs 10:16 Β· KJV
"The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin."
King James Version
What does Proverbs 10:16 mean? βPassage Context
14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
15The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
16The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
17He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
18He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
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