Proverbs 10:16
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Proverbs 10:16 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Proverbs 10:16 is a verse from the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Proverbs 10:16 — KJV
“The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.”
— Proverbs 10:16 (KJV)
Proverbs 10:16 in Context — About the Book of Proverbs
Proverbs is distilled wisdom for ordinary decisions — money, words, work, friendship, marriage, anger, and the tongue. Its premise is simple: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Thirty-one chapters make it the classic one-chapter-a-day book for praying through daily choices.
Cross-References for Proverbs 10:16
“Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life: by...: or, that I should save his life: Heb. by quickening him”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 10:16: righteous, life, wicked
“And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 10:16: righteous, wicked, sin
“Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 10:16: righteous, wicked, sin
“All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 10:16: righteous, life, wicked
“All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 10:16: righteous, wicked, sin
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