Proverbs 22:8

In 11 translations

BSB

He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.LXX includes God blesses a cheerful and generous man, but foolish works will come to an end; see also 2 Corinthians 9:7.

KJV

He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.the rod…: or, with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed

WEB

He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

ASV

He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.

LSV

Whoever is sowing perverseness reaps sorrow, || And the rod of his anger wears out.

YLT

Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.

DBY

He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.

DRC

He that soweth iniquity shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed.

GNV

He that soweth iniquitie, shall reape affliction, and the rodde of his anger shall faile.

JPS

He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity; and the rod of his wrath shall fail.

LXXE

He that sows wickedness shall reap troubles; and shall fully receive the punishment of his deeds. God loves a cheerful and liberal man; but a man shall fully prove the folly of his works.See 2 Cor. 9. 7. Compare Heb.

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Original-language editions

WLC

זוֹרֵ֣עַ עַ֭וְלָה יקצור־אָ֑וֶן וְשֵׁ֖בֶט עֶבְרָת֣וֹ יִכְלֶֽה׃Read aloud as (qere): יִקְצָר

LXX-Br

Ὁ σπείρων φαῦλα θερίσει κακὰ, πληγὴν δὲ ἔργων αὐτοῦ συντελέσει· ἄνδρα ἱλαρὸν καὶ δότην εὐλογεῖ ὁ Θεὸς, ματαιότητα δὲ ἔργων αὐτοῦ συντελέσει.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

• Galatians 6:7–8Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. 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…
• Job 4:8As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
• Isaiah 30:31For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter.
• Psalms 125:3For 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.
• Hosea 10:13You 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,
• Proverbs 14:3The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
• Isaiah 10:5Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
• 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.
• Isaiah 14:29Do 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 9:4For 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.

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