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The wagesפְּעֻלַּתof the righteousצַדִּיקlead to life;לְחַיִּיםthe yieldתְּבוּאַתof the wicked,רָשָׁעto sin.לְחַטָּאת
Proverbs 10:16
Study it in the app“The wages of the righteous lead to life; the yield of the wicked, to sin.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 10:16, word by word
- The wagesפְּעֻלַּתpeulat
wages
What one receives for working.
Where else “peulat” appears- of the righteousצַדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- lead to lifeחַיִּיםchayim
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chayim” appears- the yieldתְּבוּאַתtevuat
produce
What the land brings forth.
Where else “tevuat” appears- of the wickedרָשָׁעrasha
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rasha” appears- to sinחַטָּאתchatat
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatat” appears
The context
15The wealth of the rich man is his strong city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
16 · This verse (above)
17He who keeps correction is a path to life, but he who abandons reproof leads astray.