Revised Version 1895
Proverbs 22:8
8He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity: and the rod of his wrath shall fail.
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 up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it. 7The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity: and the rod of his wrath shall fail. 9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. 10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and ignominy shall cease.
Read all of Proverbs 22Proverbs 22:8 word by word
זוֹרֵ֣עַ עַ֭וְלָה יִקְצָר אָ֑וֶן וְשֵׁ֖בֶט עֶבְרָת֣וֹ יִכְלֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 22:8
- Job 4:8According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.
- Hosea 8:7For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing corn; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
- Hosea 10:13Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: for thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
- Galatians 6:7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
- Proverbs 14:3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
- Psalms 125:3For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; that the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.
- Isaiah 9:4For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as in the day of Midian.
- Isaiah 10:5Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation!
- Isaiah 14:29Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a basilisk, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
- Isaiah 30:31For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be broken in pieces, which smote 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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