James 3:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁸ And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And the harvest of righteousness (of conformity to God's will in thought and deed) is [the fruit of the seed] sown in peace by those who work for and make peace [in themselves and in others, that peace which means concord, agreement, and harmony between individuals, with undisturbedness, in a peaceful mind free from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Those who make peace sow the seeds of justice by their peaceful acts.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And so the fruit of justice is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And the fruit of justice is sown in peace, to them that make peace.

James 3:18 Cross References

Psalm 92:14

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and green:

Proverbs 11:18

The wicked earneth deceitful wages: But he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.

Proverbs 11:28

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; And he that is wise winneth souls.

Hosea 10:12

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

Amos 6:12

Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? that ye have turned judgement into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood:

Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called sons of God.

John 4:36

He that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal; that he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

Galatians 6:8

For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.

Philippians 1:11

being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

Hebrews 12:11

All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous, but grievous: yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.

James 1:20

for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.