Job 4:8

New International Reader's Version

Here’s what I’ve observed. People gather a crop from what they plant. If they plant evil and trouble, that’s what they will harvest.

Cross References

Job 15:31

Don’t let them fool themselves by trusting in what is worthless. They won’t get anything out of it.

Job 15:35

Instead of having children, ungodly people create suffering. All they produce is evil. They are full of lies.”

Proverbs 1:31

So you will eat the fruit of the way you have lived. You will choke on the fruit of what you have planned.

Proverbs 22:8

Anyone who plants evil gathers a harvest of trouble. Their power to treat others badly will be destroyed.

Isaiah 17:11

The plants might start to grow on the day you set them out. The vines might begin to bud on the morning you plant them. But even if they do, there won’t be any harvest. Instead, there will be sickness and pain that won’t go away.

Jeremiah 4:18

“The army will attack you because of your conduct and actions. This is how you will be punished. It will be so bitter! It will cut deep down into your hearts!”

Hosea 8:7

The Lord says, “Worshiping other gods is like worshiping the wind. It is like planting worthless seeds. Assyria is like a windstorm. That is all my people will harvest. There are no heads of grain on the stems that will come up. So they will not produce any flour. Even if they did produce grain, the Assyrians would eat all of it up.

2 Corinthians 9:6

Here is something to remember. The one who plants only a little will gather only a little. And the one who plants a lot will gather a lot.