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Proverbs 10:16

American Standard Version

The labor of the righteous tendeth to life; The increase of the wicked, to sin.

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Proverbs 10:16 in other translations

The labor of the righteous leads to life.
The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

Proverbs 10:16 · World English Bible

Proverbs 10:16 in context

  1. 14Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.
  2. 15The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
  3. 16The labor of the righteous tendeth to life; The increase of the wicked, to sin.
  4. 17He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.
  5. 18He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.