Proverbs 22:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ He who sows unrighteousness reaps trouble, And the rod of his wrath perishes.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: And the rod of his anger shall fail.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ He who sows iniquity will reap calamity and futility, and the rod of his wrath [with which he smites others] will fail.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.

Common English Bible

⁸ Those who sow injustice will harvest evil; the rod of their fury will come to an end.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Whoever sows iniquity will reap evils, and by the rod of his own wrath he will be consumed.

Proverbs 22:8 Cross References

Job 4:8

According to what I have seen, those who plough wickedness and sow suffering reap the same.

Psalm 125:3

For the sceptre of wrongness shall not rest On the land allotted to the righteous, Lest the righteous stretch forth their hands to unrighteousness.

Proverbs 1:31

“Therefore let them eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own counsels.

Proverbs 14:3

In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, But the lips of the wise guard them.

Isaiah 10:25

“For yet a little while and the displeasure shall be completed, and My displeasure be to their destruction.”

Isaiah 10:5

“Woe to Ashshur, the rod of My displeasure and the staff in whose hand is My displeasure.

Isaiah 14:29

“Do not rejoice, all you of Philistia, that the rod that smote you is broken; for out of the serpent’s roots comes forth an adder, and its offspring is a fiery flying serpent.

Isaiah 30:31

For through the voice of יהוה  Ashshur is broken down, with a rod He smites.

Isaiah 9:4

For You shall break the yoke of his burden and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Miḏ

Hosea 10:13

You have ploughed wrongness, you have reaped unrighteousness, you have eaten the fruit of lying, because you trusted in your own way, in your many mighty men.

Hosea 8:7

“For they sow the wind, and reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no bud, it yields no grain. If it does yield, strangers swallow it up.