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The wages of the righteous is life, The income of the wicked, punishment.GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
A righteous person's reward is life. A wicked person's harvest is sin. King James Bible
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. Jump to Previous Occurrence
Cause Evil-Doer Fruit Gain Gives Income Increase Labor Labour Punishment Revenue Righteous Sin Tendeth Upright Wage Wages Wicked Work Jump to Next Occurrence
Cause Evil-Doer Fruit Gain Gives Income Increase Labor Labour Punishment Revenue Righteous Sin Tendeth Upright Wage Wages Wicked Work Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary Verse 16 Solomon here confirms what his father had said (Ps. 37:16), A little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked. 1. Perhaps a righteous man has no more than what he works hard for; he eats only the labour of his hands, but that labour tends to life; he aims at nothing but to get an honest livelihood, covets not to be rich and great, but is willing to live and maintain his family. Nor does it tend only to his own life, but he would enable himself to do good to others; he labours that he may have to give (Eph. 4:28); all his business turns to some good account or other. Or it may be meant of his labour in religion; he takes most pains in that which has a tendency to eternal life; he sows to the Spirit, that he may reap life everlasting. 2. Perhaps a wicked man's wealth is fruit which he did not labour for, but came easily by, but it tends to sin. He makes it the food and fuel of his lusts, his pride and luxury; he gets hurt with it and not good; he gets hurt by it and is hardened by it in his wicked ways. The things of this world are good or evil, life or death, as they are used, and as those are that have them. New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved. Alphabetical: bring brings but income is life of punishment righteous The them wages wicked Bible Browser | 
