Proverbs 22:8

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Job 4:8

As I see it, those who plow mischief and sow trouble will reap them.

Psalm 125:3

The scepter of the wicked will not prevail in the land allotted to the just, Lest the just themselves turn their hands to evil.

Proverbs 1:31

Well, then, they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and with their own devices be glutted.

Proverbs 14:3

In the mouth of the fool is a rod for pride, but the lips of the wise preserve them.

Isaiah 10:25

For just a brief moment more, and my wrath shall be over, and my anger shall be set for their destruction.

Isaiah 10:5

Ah! Assyria, the rod of my wrath, the staff I wield in anger.

Isaiah 14:29

Do not rejoice, Philistia, not one of you, that the rod which struck you is broken; For out of the serpent’s root shall come an adder, its offspring shall be a flying saraph.

Isaiah 30:31

For at the voice of the Lord, Assyria will be shattered, as he strikes with the rod;

Isaiah 9:4

For every boot that tramped in battle, every cloak rolled in blood, will be burned as fuel for fire.

Hosea 10:13

But you have plowed wickedness, reaped perversity, and eaten the fruit of falsehood. Because you have trusted in your own power, and in your many warriors,

Hosea 8:7

When they sow the wind, they will reap the whirlwind; The stalk of grain that forms no head can yield no flour; Even if it could, strangers would swallow it.