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Selected Verse: Proverbs 10:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 10:16 |
Strong Concordance |
The labour [06468] of the righteous [06662] tendeth to life [02416]: the fruit [08393] of the wicked [07563] to sin [02403]. |
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King James |
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| The industry of the righteous is alone truly successful, while the earnings of the wicked tempt and lead to sin. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
A warning against the conclusion to seek wealth first of all, which men of lower natures might draw from Pro 10:15.
"Quaerenda pecunia primum est;
Virtus post nummos?"
Horace, Ep. 1. i. 53.
Such an inference is met by the experience, that while wealth gotten by honest industry is not only, like inherited riches a defense, but also a blessing, the seeming profit (rather than "fruit") of the wicked tends to further sin Ti1 6:10, and so to punishment. Compare Rom 6:21. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Regarding gain:
The gain of the righteous tendeth to life;
The income of the godless to sin.
Intentionally, that which the righteous received is called פּעלּה (as Lev 19:13), as a reward of his labour; that which the godless receives is called תּבוּאה, as income which does not need to be the reward of labour, and especially of his own immediate labour. And with לחיּים, לחטּאת runs parallel, from the supposition that sin carries the germ of death in itself. The reward of his labour serves to the righteous to establish his life, i.e., to make sure his life-position, and to elevate his life-happiness. On the contrary, the income of the godless serves only to ruin his life; for, made thereby full and confident, he adds sin to sin, whose wages is death. Hitzig translates: for expiation, i.e., to lose it again as atonement for past sins; but if חיים and חטאת are contrasted with each other, then חטאת is death-bringing sin (Pro 8:35.). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The labour - The fruit of his labour, to the preservation of this life, and obtaining eternal life. Fruit - The fruit of all their labour tends to sin, and serves only for fuel to mens pride and luxury. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The labor of the righteous - The good man labors that he may be able to support life; this is his first object: and then to have something to divide with the poor; this is his next object.
The fruit of the wicked to sin - This man lives to eat and drink, and his property he spends in riot and excess. God's blessings are cursed to him. |
21 What [5101] [3767] fruit [2590] had ye [2192] then [5119] in [1909] those things whereof [3739] ye are [1870] now [3568] ashamed [1870]? for [1063] the end [5056] of those things [1565] is death [2288].
10 For [1063] the love of money [5365] is [2076] the root [4491] of all [3956] evil [2556]: which [3739] while some [5100] coveted after [3713], they have erred [635] from [575] the faith [4102], and [2532] pierced [4044] themselves [1438] through [4044] with many [4183] sorrows [3601].
15 The rich man's [06223] wealth [01952] is his strong [05797] city [07151]: the destruction [04288] of the poor [01800] is their poverty [07389].
35 For whoso findeth [04672] me findeth [04672] [04672] life [02416], and shall obtain [06329] favour [07522] of the LORD [03068].
13 Thou shalt not defraud [06231] thy neighbour [07453], neither rob [01497] him: the wages [06468] of him that is hired [07916] shall not abide [03885] with thee all night until the morning [01242].