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Proverbs 22:8

By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Sin;   Vanity;   Thompson Chain Reference - Evil;   Sowing;   Sowing and Reaping;   The Topic Concordance - Bearing Fruit;   Iniquity;   Vanity;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Punishment of the Wicked, the;   Reaping;   Vanity;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Mines;   Proverbs, the Book of;   Sin (2);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Reap;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Prov'erbs, Book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Reap;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fail;   Reaping;   Sceptre;   Vanity;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
Hebrew Names Version
He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, And the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
King James Version
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
English Standard Version
Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.
New American Standard Bible
One who sows injustice will reap disaster, And the rod of his fury will perish.
New Century Version
Those who plan evil will receive trouble. Their cruel anger will come to an end.
Amplified Bible
He who sows injustice will reap [a harvest of] trouble, And the rod of his wrath [with which he oppresses others] will fail.
World English Bible
He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, And the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He that soweth iniquitie, shall reape affliction, and the rodde of his anger shall faile.
Legacy Standard Bible
He who sows unrighteousness will reap iniquity,And the rod of his fury will end.
Berean Standard Bible
He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
Contemporary English Version
Troublemakers get in trouble, and their terrible anger will get them nowhere.
Complete Jewish Bible
He who sows injustice reaps trouble, and the rod of his angry outburst will fail.
Darby Translation
He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.
Easy-to-Read Version
Those who spread trouble will harvest trouble. In the end, they will be destroyed for the trouble they caused.
George Lamsa Translation
He who sows iniquity shall reap deceit; and the staff of his anger shall be broken.
Good News Translation
If you plant the seeds of injustice, disaster will spring up, and your oppression of others will end.
Lexham English Bible
He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his anger will fail.
Literal Translation
He who sows injustice will reap evil, and the rod of his wrath shall fail.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He yt soweth wickednesse, shal reape sorowe, & the rodde of his plage shal destroye him.
American Standard Version
He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity; and the rod of his wrath shall fail.
King James Version (1611)
Hee that soweth iniquitie, shall reape vanitie: and the rodde of his anger shall faile.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He that soweth wickednes, shal reape wickednes: and the rodde of his anger shall fayle.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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.
English Revised Version
He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity: and the rod of his wrath shall fail.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He that sowith wickidnes, schal repe yuels; and the yerde of his yre schal be endid.
Update Bible Version
He that sows iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
Webster's Bible Translation
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
New English Translation
The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end.
New King James Version
He who sows iniquity will reap sorrow, And the rod of his anger will fail.
New Living Translation
Those who plant injustice will harvest disaster, and their reign of terror will come to an end.
New Life Bible
He who plants sin will gather trouble, and the heavy stick of his anger will break.
New Revised Standard
Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of anger will fail.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He that soweth perversity, shall reap trouble, and, the rod of his wrath, shall be ready.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He that soweth iniquity, shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed.
Revised Standard Version
He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.
Young's Literal Translation
Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.
THE MESSAGE
Whoever sows sin reaps weeds, and bullying anger sputters into nothing.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He who sows iniquity will reap vanity, And the rod of his fury will perish.

Contextual Overview

8 By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that: Job 4:8, Hosea 8:7, Hosea 10:13, Galatians 6:7, Galatians 6:8

the rod of his anger shall fail: or, with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed, Proverbs 14:3, Psalms 125:3, Isaiah 9:4, Isaiah 10:5, Isaiah 14:29, Isaiah 30:31

Reciprocal: Judges 15:6 - and burnt Job 15:31 - for vanity Psalms 9:15 - General Proverbs 1:31 - General Proverbs 6:14 - soweth Proverbs 11:18 - but Proverbs 21:6 - getting Proverbs 30:8 - Remove 1 Corinthians 6:9 - unrighteous

Cross-References

Genesis 18:14
Is there any wonder which the Lord is not able to do? At the time I said, in the spring, I will come back to you, and Sarah will have a child.
Genesis 22:19
Then Abraham went back to his young men and they went together to Beer-sheba, the place where Abraham was living.
Genesis 22:20
After these things, Abraham had news that Milcah, the wife of his brother Nahor, had given birth to children;
2 Chronicles 25:9
Then Amaziah said to the man of God, But what is to be done about the hundred talents which I have given for the armed band of Israel? And the man of God in answer said, God is able to give you much more than this.
Matthew 19:26
And Jesus, looking at them, said, With men this is not possible; but with God all things are possible.
John 1:29
The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:36
And looking at Jesus while he was walking he said, See, there is the Lamb of God!
Revelation 5:6
And I saw in the middle of the high seat and of the four beasts, and in the middle of the rulers, a Lamb in his place, which seemed as if it had been put to death, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.
Revelation 5:12
Saying with a great voice, It is right to give to the Lamb who was put to death, power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.
Revelation 7:14
And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He that soweth iniquity u shall reap vanity,.... He that practises sin, and is frequent in the commission of it; indulges to it in a profuse way, as the sower plentifully scatters his seed; such shall reaper possess nothing but sin and wickedness; for, what a man sows, that shall he reap; he shall eat the fruit of his doings, and have the reward of his works; see Job 4:8; or "nothing" w, mere emptiness; it shall not answer; he shall have in the end neither pleasure nor profit, but the contrary; "shall reap evil things", as the Septuagint, Arabic, and Vulgate Latin versions render it;

and the rod of his anger shall fail; with which he has ruled and smitten others in an angry and cruel manner; this shall be taken from him; his authority shall fail, and he shall become subject to others, and be used in like manner; see Isaiah 14:4. R. Joseph Kimchi interprets it of "the rod of the increase" of the earth, or the rod or flail with which the fruits of the earth are threshed or beaten out, which should fail before they were reaped; and Schultens x has reference to the same, and gives the sense, that a wicked man that sows iniquity, when he thinks his harvest is ripe, shall be beaten with the flail, by which he shall be consumed; and he that threshed others shall be threshed himself.

u So, "serere fallaciam", in Plauti Poenulo, l. 1. v. 67. w און "inanitatem ac nihilum", Michaelis. x "Et virga in eum desaevitura, erit decretoria".

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The rod of his anger - That with which he smites others (compare Isaiah 14:6). The King James Version describes the final impotence of the wrath of the wicked.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 22:8. He that soweth iniquity — The crop must be according to the seed. If a man sow thistle seed, is it likely he shall reap wheat? If he sow to the flesh, shall he not of the flesh reap destruction?


 
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