James 3:18

New American Bible - revised edition

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those who cultivate peace.

Cross References

Psalm 92:14

Planted in the house of the Lord, they shall flourish in the courts of our God.

Proverbs 11:18

The wicked make empty profits, but those who sow justice have a sure reward.

Proverbs 11:28

Those who trust in their riches will fall, but like green leaves the just will flourish.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of justice is a tree of life, and one who takes lives is a sage.

Hosea 10:12

“Sow for yourselves justice, reap the reward of loyalty; Break up for yourselves a new field, for it is time to seek the Lord, till he comes and rains justice upon you.”

Amos 6:12

Can horses run over rock, or can one plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

John 4:36

The reaper is already receiving his payment and gathering crops for eternal life, so that the sower and reaper can rejoice together.

Galatians 6:8

because the one who sows for his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows for the spirit will reap eternal life from the spirit.

Philippians 1:11

filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God.

Hebrews 12:11

At the time, all discipline seems a cause not for joy but for pain, yet later it brings the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who are trained by it.

James 1:20

for the wrath of a man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.