Proverbios 10:16

16 Las ganancias de los justos realzan sus vidas,
pero la gente malvada derrocha su dinero en el pecado.

Proverbios 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.

Proverbios 10:16 In-Context

14 Las personas sabias atesoran el conocimiento,
pero el hablar por hablar del necio invita al desastre.

15 La riqueza del rico es su fortaleza,
la pobreza del pobre es su ruina.

16 Las ganancias de los justos realzan sus vidas,
pero la gente malvada derrocha su dinero en el pecado.

17 Los que aceptan la disciplina van por el camino que lleva a la vida,
pero los que no hacen caso a la corrección se descarriarán.

18 Encubrir el odio te hace un mentiroso;
difamar a otros te hace un necio.