New American Standard Bible 1995
Proverbs 11:18
Proverbs 11:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
- New International Version (NIV)A wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The wicked man does deceptive work, But he who sows righteousness will have a sure reward.
Context of Proverbs 11:18
16A gracious woman attains honor, And ruthless men attain riches. 17The merciful man does himself good, But the cruel man does himself harm. The wicked earns deceptive wages, But he who sows righteousness gets a true reward. 19He who is steadfast in righteousness will attain to life, And he who pursues evil will bring about his own death. 20The perverse in heart are an abomination to the Lord, But the blameless in their walk are His delight.
Read all of Proverbs 11Proverbs 11:18 word by word
רָשָׁ֗ע עֹשֶׂ֥ה פְעֻלַּת־שָׁ֑קֶר וְזֹרֵ֥עַ צְ֝דָקָ֗ה שֶׂ֣כֶר אֱמֶֽת׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 11:18
- Proverbs 1:18But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.
- Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
- Job 27:13“This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty.
- Ecclesiastes 10:8He who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a wall.
- Isaiah 59:5They hatch adders’ eggs and weave the spider’s web; He who eats of their eggs dies, And from that which is crushed a snake breaks forth.
- Ephesians 4:22that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,
- Proverbs 22:8He who sows iniquity will reap vanity, And the rod of his fury will perish.
- Psalms 126:5Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting.
- Hosea 10:12Sow with a view to righteousness, Reap in accordance with kindness; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the Lord Until He comes to rain righteousness on you.
- Galatians 6:8For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
- James 3:18And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Commentaries on Proverbs 11:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Worketh a deceitful work - An unstable work; nothing is durable that he does, except his crimes.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Deceitful work - Work which deceives and disappoints the worker; in contrast with the “sure reward” of the second clause. Omit “shall be” and render, “but he that soweth righteousness worketh a sure reward.”Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18Verse 18 He that makes it his business to do good, shall have a reward, as sure to him as eternal truth can make it.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. a deceitful work--or, "wages," which fail to satisfy, or flee away (Pr 10:2; 23:5). sure reward--or, "gain," as from trading (Ho 10:12; Ga 6:8, 9).Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Proverbs 11:18 Hos 10:12; Gal 6:8, 9; James 3:18 ↩
Commentaries on Proverbs 11
- 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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