Zhēnyán 10:16

16 Yì rén de qín laó zhì shēng . è rén de jìn xiàng zhì sǐ . ( sǐ yuánwén zuò zuì )

Zhēnyán 10:16 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 10:16

The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life
To natural life, and the support of it; all that he labours for is to get a livelihood for himself and family; that is all he desires, nor does he seek great things for himself: or to spiritual life; so his spiritual exercises in praying, reading, and hearing the word, and waiting upon ordinances, have a tendency to promote and maintain a spiritual life in him: or to eternal life; not that the works of a righteous man (so the Targum, Septuagint, and Arabic versions, render it in the plural number) are meritorious of eternal life; for life and righteousness are not to be had by the works of men, but by the grace of God; yet, as the righteous man labours for the meat which endures to everlasting life, given by the Son of God, his labour may be said to tend to life eternal, ( John 6:27 ) ; the fruit of the wicked to sin;
whatever he enjoys, whether got by labour; though the word seems purposely omitted, as some observe, to signify that is not intended; or whether left him as an inheritance; or whatever way acquired, lawfully or unlawfully; all his revenues and riches, the increase of his substance and fields, are all used to sinful purposes, to pride, luxury, and wantonness; and so tend to death, even death eternal, the just wages of sin.

Zhēnyán 10:16 In-Context

14 Zhìhuì rén jīcún zhīshi . yú wàng rén de kǒu sù zhì baìhuaì .

15 Fù hù de cáiwù , shì tāde jiān chéng . qióngrén de pín fá , shì tāde baìhuaì .

16 Yì rén de qín laó zhì shēng . è rén de jìn xiàng zhì sǐ . ( sǐ yuánwén zuò zuì )

17 Jǐn shǒu xùn huì de , nǎi zaì shēngmìng de dào shang . wéi qì zébeì de , biàn shī mí le lù .

18 Yǐncáng yuànhèn de , yǒu shuōhuǎng de zuǐ. kǒu chū chán bàng de , shì yú wàng de rén .