Proverbs 11:18

Modern English Version

The wicked man earns deceptive wages, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.

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The one who digs a pit will fall into it, and the one who breaks through a wall will be bitten by a serpent.

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

He who sows injustice will reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath will disappear.

but they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.

The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is caught in the cords of his sin.

that you put off the former way of life in the old nature, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,

He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit that leads to eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very mighty.

The wages of the righteous leads to life; the increase of the wicked leads to sin.

Their heart is divided; now they must bear their guilt. He will break down their altars and destroy their pillars.