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Carry One Another’s Burdens

Galatians 6:7

In 9 translations

BSB
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
KJV
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
WEB
Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
ASV
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
LSV
Do not be led astray: God is not mocked; for what a man may sow—that he will also reap,
YLT
Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow — that also he shall reap,
DBY
Be not deceived: God is not mocked; for whatever a man shall sow, that also shall he reap.Elohim
DRC
Be not deceived, God is not mocked.
GNV
Be not deceiued: God is not mocked: for whatsoeuer a man soweth, that shall hee also reape.

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐὰν (“maybe”); Tregelles read ἂν (“maybe”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ἐὰν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἐὰν; Tregelles read ἂν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
μὴ πλανᾶσθε, θεὸς οὐ μυκτηρίζεται· ὃ γὰρ ἐὰν σπείρῃ ἄνθρωπος, τοῦτο καὶ θερίσει·
RP2018
Μὴ πλανᾶσθε, θεὸς οὐ μυκτηρίζεται· ὃ γὰρ ἐὰν σπείρῃ ἄνθρωπος, τοῦτο καὶ θερίσει.
TR-Boyd
Μὴ πλανᾶσθε, Θεὸς οὐ μυκτηρίζεται· ὃ γὰρ ἐὰν σπείρῃ ἄνθρωπος, τοῦτο καὶ θερίσει.
SCR1894
μη πλανασθε θεος ου μυκτηριζεται ο γαρ εαν σπειρη ανθρωπος τουτο και θερισει

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  • 2 Corinthians 9:6Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
  • Hosea 10:12Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
  • Job 4:8As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
  • Romans 2:6–10God “will repay each one according to his deeds.” To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth…
  • 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
  • Proverbs 11:18The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
  • Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
  • Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
  • 1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
  • Hosea 8:7For 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.
  • Proverbs 6:14With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
  • Job 15:31Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.
  • Luke 16:25But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
  • James 1:22Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
  • 1 John 3:7Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
  • Obadiah 1:3The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’

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