Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 22:8
8The one who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
Proverbs 22:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
- New International Version (NIV)Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who sows iniquity will reap sorrow, And the rod of his anger will fail.
Context of Proverbs 22:8
6Start a youth out on his way; even when he grows old he will not depart from it. 7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave to the lender. The one who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. 9A generous person will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor. 10Drive out a mocker, and conflict goes too; then quarreling and dishonor will cease.
Read all of Proverbs 22Proverbs 22:8 word by word
זוֹרֵ֣עַ עַ֭וְלָה יִקְצָר אָ֑וֶן וְשֵׁ֖בֶט עֶבְרָת֣וֹ יִכְלֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 22:8
- Job 4:8In my experience, those who plow injustice and those who sow trouble reap the same.
- Hosea 8:7Indeed, they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if they did, 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 your large number of soldiers,
- Galatians 6:7Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows he will also reap,
- Proverbs 14:3The proud speech of a fool brings a rod of discipline, but the lips of the wise protect them.
- Psalms 125:3The scepter of the wicked will not remain over the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not apply their hands to injustice.
- Isaiah 9:4For you have shattered their oppressive yoke and the rod on their shoulders, the staff of their oppressor, just as you did on the day of Midian.
- Isaiah 10:5Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger — the staff in their hands is my wrath.
- Isaiah 14:29Don’t rejoice, all of you in Philistia, because the rod of the one who struck you is broken. For a viper will come from the root of a snake, and from its egg comes a flying serpent.
- Isaiah 30:31Assyria will be shattered by the voice of the Lord. He will strike with a rod.
Commentaries on Proverbs 22:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8He 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?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The 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.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8Verse 8 The power which many abuse, will soon fail them.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. (Compare Pr 11:18; Psa 109:16-20; Ga 6:7, 8). the rod ... fail--His power to do evil will be destroyed.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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