Proverbs 22:8
What does Proverbs 22:8 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 22:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He that soweth iniquity, shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 125:3
For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.
- Job 4:8
According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.
- Hosea 8:7
For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
- Galatians 6:7
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
- Isaiah 14:29
Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
- Isaiah 10:5
Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation!
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