Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 10:16

16. The labour of the righteous tendeth to life : the fruit of the wicked to sin .

Either 1. the design of his labour is only this, that he may have wherewith to live honestly, without sinful shifts. Or 2. the fruit or effect of his labour or industry (as this word, labour, is most commonly understood, and this best answers to the following clause, where fruit is put instead of this labour) is the preservation, and prolongation of this Life, and the obtaining of eternal Life, to which an honest and consciencious Diligence in mens worldly Callings doth in some manner contribute.

The fruit of all their Labours and endeavours.

Tendeth to sin, serves only for fuel to mens Pride, and Luxury, and Worldliness, and by that means oft causeth Temporal, and always, without Repentance, Eternal Death.

Marginal references: Ch. 11. 30.