Proverbs 22:8
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
KJV
Qui seminat iniquitatem metet mala, et virga iræ suæ consummabitur.
Vulgate
ὁ σπείρων φαῦλα θερίσει κακά, πληγὴν δὲ ἔργων αὐτοῦ συντελέσει. [1] ἄνδρα ἱλαρὸν καὶ δότην εὐλογεῖ ὁ θεός, ματαιότητα δὲ ἔργων αὐτοῦ συντελέσει.
LXX
He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
ASV
זוֹרֵ֣עַ עַ֭וְלָה יקצור יִקְצָר אָ֑וֶן וְ/שֵׁ֖בֶט עֶבְרָת֣/וֹ יִכְלֶֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אָֽוֶן
'vn
noun · 78×
וֹ
v
noun · 33×
ם
m
verb · 203×
עַוְלָֽה
'vlh
noun · 52×
שֵׁ֣בֶט
shbt
noun · 189×
תִּזְרַ֣ע
tzr'
verb · 55×
תִּקְצַ֥ר
tqtsr
verb · 51×
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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2Cor 9:7 · adapted"Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver."Proverbs: God loves a cheerful giver — LXX addition adapted by Paul
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 6:9 — Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
- Gal 6:7 — Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
- Gal 6:8 — For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
- Hos 8:7 — For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
- Hos 8:7 — For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
- Hos 10:13 — Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
- Hos 10:13 — Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
- Isa 9:4 — For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
- Isa 10:5 — O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
- Isa 14:29 — Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
- Isa 30:31 — For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
- Job 4:8 — Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
- Job 4:8 — Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
- Job 15:31 — Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
- Judg 15:6 — Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and
- Prov 1:31 — Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- Prov 11:18 — The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
- Prov 14:3 — In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
- Prov 30:8 — Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
- Ps 9:15 — The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
- Ps 125:3 — For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
- Ps 125:3 — For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.