James 3:18 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁸ And the fruit of righteousnessis sown in peace by those who 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.

James 3:18 Cross References

Psalm 92:14

They still bear fruit in old age; They are fresh and green,

Proverbs 11:18

The wrong one earns false wages, But the one sowing righteousness, a true reward.

Proverbs 11:28

He who trusts in his riches falls, But the righteous flourish like a leaf.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who is winning lives is wise.

Hosea 10:12

Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap according to kindness, break up your tillable ground, it is time to seek יהוה, till He comes and rains righteousness on you.

Amos 6:12

Do horses run on a rock? Does one plough it with oxen? For you have turned right-ruling into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

Matthew 5:9

“Blessed are the peacemakers, because they shall be called sons of Elohim.

John 4:36

“He who is reaping receives a reward, and gathers fruit for everlasting life, so that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping rejoice together.

Galatians 6:8

Because he who sows to his own flesh shall reap corruption from the flesh, but he who sows to the Spirit shall reap everlasting life from the Spirit.

Philippians 1:11

being filled with the fruit of righteousness, through יהושע  Messiah, to the esteem and praise of Elohim.

Hebrews 12:11

And indeed, no discipline seems pleasant at the time, but grievous, but afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

James 1:20

for the wrath of man does not work the righteousness of Elohim.