Bridges on Proverbs 10:16
 
 
Charles Bridges on Proverbs 10:16
 
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16.  The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
 
Labour, not idleness, is the stamp of a servant of God: thus cheered by the glowing confidence that it tendeth to life. (John 6:27.) “Occupy till I come — Do all to the glory of God” (Luke 19:13. 1 Corinthians 10:31) — this is the standard. Thus the duties even of our daily calling tend to life. (Chapter 11:19. Jeremiah 22:15, 16.) God works in us, by us, with us, through us. (Isaiah 26:12.) We work in and through him. Our labour therefore is his work — wrought in dependence on him; not for life, but to life. (Romans 8:13. 1 Corinthians 15:10. Philippians 2:12, 13.) And this is life indeed; the only exercise deserving the name; the only object worth living for. (Philippians 1:21.) Lord! quicken us to “life more abundantly.” Thus sowing “to the Spirit, of the Spirit we shall reap life everlasting.” (Galatians 6:8.) With the wicked, self is both the object and the end. His fruit therefore is sin. (Chapter 21:4. Titus 1:15. Matthew 12:33; 15:19.) His Master, so long as he serves him faithfully, cares little how or in what sphere. “He that soweth to the flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption.” Each tendeth to its own end. “Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” (Galatians 6:7.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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. {Labour not: or, Work not}
 
 
Luke 19:13
13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. {pounds: mina, here translated a pound, is twelve ounces and an half: which according to five shillings the ounce is three pounds two shillings and sixpence}
 
1 Corinthians 10:31
31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
 
 
Proverbs 11:19
19 ¶ As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
 
Jeremiah 22:15, 16
15 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
 
 
Isaiah 26:12
12 ¶ LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. {in us: or, for us}
 
 
Romans 8:13
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
 
1 Corinthians 15:10
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
 
Philippians 2:12, 13
12 ¶ Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
 
 
Philippians 1:21
21 ¶ For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
 
 
Galatians 6:8
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.
 
 
Proverbs 21:4
4 ¶ An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin. {An...: Heb. Haughtiness of eyes} {the plowing: or, the light}
 
Titus 1:15
15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
 
Matthew 12:33
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.
 
Matthew 15:19
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
 
 
Galatians 6:7
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.