Proverbs 11:18

New English Translation

The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

Cross References

Exodus 1:20

So God treated the midwives well, and the people multiplied and became very strong.

Proverbs 1:18

but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!

Proverbs 10:16

The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

Proverbs 22:8

The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end.

Proverbs 5:22

The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

One who digs a pit may fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

Hosea 10:2

Their heart is slipping; soon they will be punished for their guilt. The Lord will break their altars; he will completely destroy their fertility pillars.

John 4:36

The one who reaps receives pay and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.

Ephesians 4:22

You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,

James 3:18

And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.