Proverbs 11:18

New American Bible - revised edition

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

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Therefore God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and grew very numerous.

They lie in wait for their own blood, they set a trap for their own lives.

The labor of the just leads to life, the gains of the wicked, to futility.

Those who sow iniquity reap calamity, and the rod used in anger will fail.

By their own iniquities the wicked will be caught, in the meshes of their own sin they will be held fast;

Whoever digs a pit may fall into it, and whoever breaks through a wall, a snake may bite.

Their heart is false! Now they will pay for their guilt: God will break down their altars and destroy their sacred pillars.

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

that you should put away the old self of your former way of life, corrupted through deceitful desires,

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