He loved to curse; let curses come on him. He did not like blessing; may it be far from him.
Proverbs 14:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The perverse get what their ways deserve, and the good, what their deeds deserve. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: And a good man shall be satisfied from himself. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The backslider in heart [from God and from fearing God] shall be filled with [the fruit of] his own ways, and a good man shall be satisfied with [the fruit of] his ways [with the holy thoughts and actions which his heart prompts and in which he delights]. American Standard Version (1901) The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good man shall be satisfied from himself. Common English Bible Rebellious hearts receive satisfaction from their ways; the good receive the due reward for their deeds. Catholic Public Domain Version The foolish will be filled up by his own ways. And the good man shall be above him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A fool shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall be above him. |
He loved to curse; let curses come on him. He did not like blessing; may it be far from him.
From the fruit of the mouth one is filled with good things, and manual labor has its reward.
No harm happens to the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.
From the fruit of the mouth one’s stomach is satisfied; the yield of the lips brings satisfaction.
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
Thus says the Lord: Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals and make mere flesh their strength, whose hearts turn away from the Lord.
Your wickedness will punish you, and your faithlessness will convict you. Know and see that it is evil and bitter for you to forsake the Lord your God; the fear of me is not in you, says the Lord God of hosts.
Why then has this people turned away in perpetual faithlessness? They have held fast to deceit; they have refused to return.
Therefore I have poured out my indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath; I have returned their conduct upon their heads, says the Lord God.
Like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn; can the Lord now feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture?
those who have turned back from following the Lord, who have not sought the Lord or inquired of him.
but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.”
Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.
All must test their own work; then that work, rather than their neighbor’s work, will become a cause for pride.
If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh, but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you may have an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.