Proverbs 10:16

Proverbs Concerning The Mouth

¹⁵ A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city;
the poverty of the poor is their destruction. ¹⁶ The labor of the righteous leads to life;
the activity of the wicked leads to sin. ¹⁷ The one who follows instruction is on the path to life,
but the one who rejects correction goes astray.

Do Good

Leads to Life

Righteous Man

With God

Tendeth To Life

Sin

Proverbs 11:18-19

The wicked man earns an empty wage,
but the one who sows righteousness, a true reward.

John 6:27

Don’t work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal of approval on Him.”

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

Galatians 6:7-9

Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows he will also reap,

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
but violence takes lives.

Isaiah 3:10-11

Tell the righteous that it will go well for them,
for they will eat the fruit of their labor.

Matthew 7:17-18

In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.

Matthew 12:33-34

“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.

Matthew 15:19

For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

2 Timothy 2:17-18

And their word will spread like gangrene; Hymenaeus and Philetus are among them.

2 Timothy 3:13

Evil people and impostors will become worse, deceiving and being deceived.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unjust; He will not forget your work and the love you showed for His name when you served the saints—and you continue to serve them.