And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
Proverbs 11:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 The wicked earneth deceitful wages: But he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: But to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The wicked man earns deceitful wages, but he who sows righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation) shall have a sure reward [permanent and satisfying]. [Hos. 10:12; Gal. 6:8, 9; James 3:18.] American Standard Version (1901) The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward. Common English Bible The wicked earn false wages, but those who sow righteousness receive a true reward. Catholic Public Domain Version The impious does work with inconstancy. But for the sower of justice, there is the reward of faithfulness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The wicked maketh an unsteady work: but to him that soweth justice, there is a faithful reward. |
And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
And these lay wait for their own blood, They lurk privily for their own lives.
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life; The increase of the wicked to sin.
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 that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a fence, a serpent shall bite him.
Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he shall smite their altars, he shall spoil their pillars.
He that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal; that he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, which waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.