New English Translation
Proverbs 22:8
8The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end.
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
6Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. 7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end. 9A generous person will be blessed, for he gives some of his food to the poor. 10Drive out the scorner and contention will leave; strife and insults will cease.
Read all of Proverbs 22Proverbs 22:8 word by word
זוֹרֵ֣עַ עַ֭וְלָה יִקְצָר אָ֑וֶן וְשֵׁ֖בֶט עֶבְרָת֣וֹ יִכְלֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 22:8
- Job 4:8Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
- Hosea 8:7They sow the wind, and so they will reap the whirlwind! The stalk does not have any standing grain; it will not produce any flour. Even if it were to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it all up.
- Hosea 10:13But you have plowed wickedness; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your chariots; you have relied on your many warriors.
- Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. For a person will reap what he sows,
- Proverbs 14:3In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.
- Psalms 125:3Indeed, the scepter of a wicked king will not settle upon the allotted land of the godly. Otherwise the godly might do what is wrong.
- Isaiah 9:4For their oppressive yoke and the club that strikes their shoulders, the cudgel the oppressor uses on them, you have shattered, as in the day of Midian’s defeat.
- Isaiah 10:5Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, is as good as dead, a cudgel with which I angrily punish.
- Isaiah 14:29Don’t be so happy, all you Philistines, just because the club that beat you has been broken! For a viper will grow out of the serpent’s root, and its fruit will be a darting adder.
- Isaiah 30:31Indeed, the Lord’s shout will shatter Assyria; he will beat them with a club.
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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