Proverbs 10:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The labor of the righteous [tendeth] to life; The increase of the wicked, to sin.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פְּעֻלַּ֣ת צַדִּ֣יק לְחַיִּ֑ים תְּבוּאַ֖ת רָשָׁ֣ע לְחַטָּֽאת׃

Transliteration

pəʿullat ṣaddîq lə-ḥayyîm təbûʾat rāšāʿ lə-ḥaṭṭāʾt

Grammar Details

• *pəʿullat*: feminine singular construct - labor/wages of
• *ṣaddîq*: masculine singular adjective - righteous
• *lə-ḥayyîm*: preposition + masculine plural noun - for life
• *təbûʾat*: feminine singular construct - produce/gain of
• *rāšāʿ*: masculine singular adjective - wicked
• *lə-ḥaṭṭāʾt*: preposition + feminine singular noun - for sin

Word Meanings

• *pəʿullat*: labor/wages/work
• *ṣaddîq*: righteous/just/lawful
• *ḥayyîm*: life/living/prosperity
• *təbûʾat*: produce/income/gain/revenue
• *rāšāʿ*: wicked/evil/guilty
• *ḥaṭṭāʾt*: sin/offense/punishment

Referenced Verses

• Prov 11:18-19 : 18 The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness [hath] a sure reward. 19 He that is stedfast in righteousness [shall attain] unto life; And he that pursueth evil [doeth it] to his own death.
• John 6:27 : 27 Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.
• Rom 6:23 : 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.
• Gal 6:7-9 : 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life. 9 And let us not be weary in {G2570} well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
• 2 Tim 2:17-18 : 17 and their word will eat as doth a gangrene: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; 18 men who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already, and overthrow the faith of some.
• 2 Tim 3:13 : 13 But evil men and impostors shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
• Heb 6:10 : 10 for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the {G2873} love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.
• Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; And he that is wise winneth souls.
• Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Say ye of the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
• Matt 7:17-18 : 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
• Matt 12:33-34 : 33 Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit. 34 Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
• Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings: