Proverbs 22:8
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He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
In other translations
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
Hebrew words
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- Galatians 6:7-87 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 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.7 Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. 8 The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
- Job 4:8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
- Isaiah 30:31For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter.
- Hosea 10:13Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,
- Psalm 125:3For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.
- Proverbs 14:3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
- Isaiah 14:29Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
- Isaiah 10:5O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
- Isaiah 9:4For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
- Hosea 8:7For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
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