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The Wisdom from Above

James 3:18

In 9 translations

BSB
Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.Literally But the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those making peace.
KJV
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
WEB
Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
ASV
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.
LSV
and the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.
YLT
and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.
DBY
But [the] fruit of righteousness in peace is sown for them that make peace.
DRC
And the fruit of justice is sown in peace, to them that make peace.
GNV
And the fruite of righteousnesse is sowen in peace, of them that make peace.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τῆς (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καρπὸς δὲ δικαιοσύνης ἐν εἰρήνῃ σπείρεται τοῖς ποιοῦσιν εἰρήνην.
RP2018
Καρπὸς δὲ τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἐν εἰρήνῃ σπείρεται τοῖς ποιοῦσιν εἰρήνην.
TR-Boyd
Καρπὸς δὲ τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἐν εἰρήνῃ σπείρεται τοῖς ποιοῦσιν εἰρήνην.
SCR1894
καρπος δε της δικαιοσυνης εν ειρηνη σπειρεται τοις ποιουσιν ειρηνην

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 5:9Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
  • 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.
  • Philippians 1:11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
  • Isaiah 32:16–17Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field. The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
  • Galatians 6:8The 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.
  • Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
  • Proverbs 11:18The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
  • John 4:36Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.
  • Hebrews 12:11No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
  • James 1:20for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.
  • Proverbs 11:28He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.
  • Amos 6:12“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—

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