Do you know what your "wages" actually deliver? Proverbs 11-12

Proverbs 11:18 (NASBStr)

The wicked earns deceptive wages,

But he who sows righteousness gets a true reward.

In Romans we are told that the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life.    The concept of "wages" earned in God's Word is very familiar.  Solomon gives us further insight with the above proverb.    The "wicked" earn what they get.  Since they are, by nature, deceptive in their lives, they work and earn wages, that are equally deceptive.    In Proverbs 1:14 we here the wicked crying to the naive ones to toss in their money into their pockets and they will have "one" purse.   That deception will cost the naive everything.   The wicked thinks the things they are earning for their work (done in wicked ways and not for the glory of God) will last.  But, like putting money in a purse with holes, it will only deceive.   In contrast we have the picture of the one who is declared righteous by God.   They may have little temporal or material to show for their work, but their reward is great and it is true.   A "true" reward is better than a "great" reward, however.   The word "true" here is used 120 plus times in the Old Testament.   It means something that is faithful.   So, the reward of the righteous is the opposite of deceptive.  It is a faithful reward.   Whereas the wicked and never be sure what their wages will deliver, the righteous (those who's faith is in Christ) can rejoice that they have a steadfast, faithful and sure reward that will always deliver.