Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod they wield in fury will be broken. New Living Translation Those who plant injustice will harvest disaster, and their reign of terror will come to an end. English Standard Version Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail. Berean Standard Bible He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. King James Bible He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. New King James Version He who sows iniquity will reap sorrow, And the rod of his anger will fail. New American Standard Bible One who sows injustice will reap disaster, And the rod of his fury will perish. NASB 1995 He who sows iniquity will reap vanity, And the rod of his fury will perish. NASB 1977 He who sows iniquity will reap vanity, And the rod of his fury will perish. Legacy Standard Bible He who sows unrighteousness will reap iniquity, And the rod of his fury will end. Amplified Bible He who sows injustice will reap [a harvest of] trouble, And the rod of his wrath [with which he oppresses others] will fail. Christian Standard Bible The one who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. Holman Christian Standard Bible The one who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. American Standard Version He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail. Contemporary English Version Troublemakers get in trouble, and their terrible anger will get them nowhere. English Revised Version He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity: and the rod of his wrath shall fail. GOD'S WORD® Translation Whoever plants injustice will harvest trouble, and this weapon of his own fury will be destroyed. Good News Translation If you plant the seeds of injustice, disaster will spring up, and your oppression of others will end. International Standard Version Whoever sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the anger he uses for a weapon will be destroyed. Majority Standard Bible He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. NET Bible The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end. New Heart English Bible He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will fail. God blesses a cheerful and generous person, but the vanity of his deeds he will bring to an end. Webster's Bible Translation He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. World English Bible He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWhoever is sowing perverseness reaps sorrow, "" And the rod of his anger wears out. Young's Literal Translation Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out. Smith's Literal Translation He sowing iniquity shall reap vanity, and the rod of his wrath shall be finished. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleHe that soweth iniquity shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever sows iniquity will reap evils, and by the rod of his own wrath he will be consumed. New American Bible Those who sow iniquity reap calamity, and the rod used in anger will fail. New Revised Standard Version Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of anger will fail. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHe who sows iniquity shall reap deceit; and the staff of his anger shall be broken. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated He that sows evil will reap fraud, and the scepter of his anger will be destroyed. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail. Brenton Septuagint Translation He that sows wickedness shall reap troubles; and shall fully receive the punishment of his deeds. God loves a cheerful and liberal man; but a man shall fully prove the folly of his works. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Good Name…7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender. 8He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. 9A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.… Cross References Galatians 6:7-8 Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Hosea 10:13 You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men, Job 4:8 As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same. James 3:18 Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness. Psalm 126:5-6 Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. / He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain. Matthew 7:16-20 By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? / Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. / A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. ... Isaiah 17:10-11 For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines— / though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed sprout—yet the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain. 2 Corinthians 9:6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Jeremiah 12:13 They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.” Romans 6:21-23 What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death. / But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life. / For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Micah 6:15 You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine. Luke 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” Ecclesiastes 11:1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again. 1 Corinthians 3:8 He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. Isaiah 32:6-7 For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink. / The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just. Treasury of Scripture He that sows iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. that Job 4:8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. Hosea 8:7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. Hosea 10:13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men. the rod of his anger shall fail Proverbs 14:3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them. Psalm 125:3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. Isaiah 9:4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. Jump to Previous Anger Broken Calamity Destroyed End Evil Fail Fury Grain Iniquity Injustice Perish Perverseness Planting Reap Reaps Rod Seed Sorrow Soweth Sowing Sows Trouble Unrighteousness Vanity Weareth Wickedness WrathJump to Next Anger Broken Calamity Destroyed End Evil Fail Fury Grain Iniquity Injustice Perish Perverseness Planting Reap Reaps Rod Seed Sorrow Soweth Sowing Sows Trouble Unrighteousness Vanity Weareth Wickedness WrathProverbs 22 1. A good name is more desirable than great wealthHe who sows injustice The phrase "sows injustice" uses agricultural imagery to convey the idea of planting seeds of wrongdoing or unrighteousness. In the Hebrew text, the word for "injustice" is "עַוְלָה" (avlah), which denotes acts of unrighteousness, deceit, or moral wrong. This imagery suggests that just as a farmer plants seeds expecting a harvest, a person who engages in unjust actions will inevitably face the consequences of their deeds. Historically, the concept of sowing and reaping is deeply rooted in the agrarian society of ancient Israel, where the natural order of planting and harvesting was a familiar and powerful metaphor for moral and spiritual truths. will reap disaster and the rod of his fury will be destroyed The rod of his anger shall fail.--When his time comes, and his iniquity is full, he shall himself suffer the punishment he brought on others, as Babylon did (Isaiah 14:6), Assyria (Isaiah 30:31). Verse 8. - He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity; shall gain nothing substantial, shall have nothing to show for his pains. But aven also means "calamity," "trouble," as Proverbs 12:21; so the gnome expresses the truth that they who do evil shall meet with punishment in their very sins - the exact contrast to the promise to the righteous (Proverbs 11:18). "To him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward." Thus we have in Job 4:8, "They that plough iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same;" and the apostle asserts (Galatians 6:7, etc), "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting." Eastern proverbs run, "As the sin, so the atonement:" "Those who sow thorns can only reap prickles" (comp. Proverbs 12:14). And the rod of his anger shall fail. The writer is thinking especially of cruelty and injustice practised on a neighbour, as Delitzsch has pointed out, and he means that the rod which he has raised, the violence intended against the innocent victim, shall vanish away or fall harmlessly. Ewald and others think that the rod is the Divine anger, and translate the verb (kalah) "is prepared," a sense which here it will not well bear, though the LXX. has lent some countenance to it by rendering, "And shall fully accomplish the plague (πληγὴν,? 'punishment') of his deeds." The rendering, "shall fail." "shall be consumed, or annihilated," is confirmed by Genesis 21:15; Isaiah 1:28; Isaiah 16:4, etc. The Septuagint adds a distich here, of which the first member is a variant of ver. 9a. and the second another rendering of the latter hemistich of the present verse: "A cheerful man and a giver God blesseth (ἄνδρα ἱλαρὸν καὶ δότην εὐλογεῖ ὁ Θεός): but he shall bring to an end (συντελεσεῖ) the vanity of his works." The first hemistich is remarkable for being quoted by St. Paul (2 Corinthians 9:7), with a slight variation, Ἱλαρὸν γὰρ δότην ἀγαπᾷ ὁ Θεός. So Ecclus. 32 (35):9, "In all thy gifts show a cheerful countenance (ἱλάρωσον τὸ πρόσθπόν σου)."Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He who sowsזוֹרֵ֣עַ (zō·w·rê·a‘) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 2232: To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify injustice עַ֭וְלָה (‘aw·lāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5766: Injustice, unrighteousness will reap disaster, יִקְצָר־ (yiq·ṣār-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7114: To dock off, curtail, to harvest and the rod וְשֵׁ֖בֶט (wə·šê·ḇeṭ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe of his fury עֶבְרָת֣וֹ (‘eḇ·rā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5678: Overflow, arrogance, fury will be destroyed. יִכְלֶֽה׃ (yiḵ·leh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent Links Proverbs 22:8 NIVProverbs 22:8 NLT Proverbs 22:8 ESV Proverbs 22:8 NASB Proverbs 22:8 KJV Proverbs 22:8 BibleApps.com Proverbs 22:8 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 22:8 Chinese Bible Proverbs 22:8 French Bible Proverbs 22:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 22:8 He who sows wickedness reaps trouble (Prov. 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