Proverbs 10:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit 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 worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. 19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
• John 6:27 : 27 Labour 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.
• Rom 6:23 : 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
• 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therefore, 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.
• 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 to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9 And let us not be weary in 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 canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; 18 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 seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
• Heb 6:10 : 10 For 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.
• Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
• Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Say ye to 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 the reward of his hands shall be given him.
• Matt 7:17-18 : 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a 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 his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 34 O generation 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 proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: