Proverbs 22:8
6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
9 A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
10 Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
- KJV
- He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
- 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.
- DARBY
- He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.
- BLB
- The one sowing injustice will reap trouble, and the rod of his anger will come to an end.
- ÅB
- Den som sår urett, skal høste ondt, og med hans vredes ris skal det være forbi.
- OTB
- Den som sår urett vil høste ulykke, og staven av deres raseri vil bli brutt.
- B1930
- Den som sår urett, skal høste ondt, og med hans vredes ris skal det være forbi.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 6:7–8
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
Read in contextJob 4:8
As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
Read in contextIsaiah 30:31
For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter.
Read in contextPsalms 125:3
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.
Read in contextHosea 10:13
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,
Read in contextProverbs 14:3
The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:5
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
Read in contextIsaiah 14:29
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.
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