The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:18The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
Proverbs 11:19Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.
Treasury of Scripture
The labor of the righteous tends to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
labour
Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
Isaiah 3:10,11
Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings…
the fruit
Matthew 7:17,18
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit…
Matthew 12:33,34
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…
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
