According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same
Proverbs 1:31 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way and be satiated with their own devices. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices. Common English Bible They will eat from the fruit of their way, and they’ll be full of their own schemes. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, they shall eat the fruit of their way, and they shall have their fill of their own counsels. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices. |
According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same
Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!
A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: And the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: But the soul of the treacherous shall eat violence.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: And a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity: And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.
I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not.
And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
And I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is round about her.
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I brought upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.