Proverbs 22:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.”
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“He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 22:8 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 4:8As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
- 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.
- Proverbs 14:3The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
- 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.
- Isaiah 10:5Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
- Isaiah 10:25For in just a little while My fury against you will subside, and My anger will turn to their destruction.”
- 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 30:31For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter.
- 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.
- 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,
- Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
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