The impious does work with inconstancy. But for the sower of justice, there is the reward of faithfulness.
Therefore, God acted favorably toward the midwives. And the people increased, and they were strengthened exceedingly.
Likewise, they lie in ambush against their own blood, and they undertake deceits against their own souls.
The work of the just is unto life. But the fruit of the impious is unto sin.
Whoever sows iniquity will reap evils, and by the rod of his own wrath he will be consumed.
His own iniquities take hold of the impious, and he is bound by the cords of his own sins.
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. And whoever tears apart a hedge, a snake will bite him.
His heart has been divided, so now they will cross the divide. He will break apart their images; he will plunder their sanctuaries.
For he who reaps, receives wages and gathers fruit unto eternal life, so that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
to set aside your earlier behavior, the former man, who was corrupted, by means of desire, unto error,
And so the fruit of justice is sown in peace by those who make peace.