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Proverbs 10:16
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Proverbs 10:16
16The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
16The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruite of the wicked to sinne.
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Proverbs 10:16
Just, right, or conforming to God's law and judgment; equitable or upright; as a noun, a person characterized as righteous.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To watch; to guard; to accompany as an assistant or protector.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · KJV usage (PCE)
The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The produce of a plant; offspring; or the result and effect of conduct, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Transgression of the law of God; an offence against God; or the sinful principle or condition, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Open the full verse study10Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
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Open the full verse study23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Open the full verse study10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
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Open the full verse study27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
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Open the full verse study58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
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Open the full verse study18The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
19As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
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Open the full verse study7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
8For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
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Open the full verse study33Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
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Open the full verse study17Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
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Open the full verse study30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
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Open the full verse study17And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenæus and Philetus;
18Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
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Open the full verse study13But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
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Open the full verse study19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
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