Proverbs 1:31

New International Reader's Version

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

Cross References

Job 4:8

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.

Psalm 81:13

“I wish my people would listen to me! I wish Israel would live as I want them to live!

Proverbs 12:14

Many good things come from what people say. And the work of their hands rewards them.

Proverbs 13:2

The good things people say benefit them. But liars love to hurt others.

Proverbs 14:14

Those who aren’t faithful will be paid back for what they’ve done. And good people will receive rewards for how they’ve lived.

Proverbs 22:8

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

Proverbs 5:22

Sinners are trapped by their own evil acts. They are held tight by the ropes of their sins.

Proverbs 5:23

They will die because they refused to be corrected. Their sins will capture them because they were very foolish.

Proverbs 8:36

But those who don’t find me harm only themselves. Everyone who hates me loves death.”

Isaiah 66:4

So I have also made a choice. I will make them suffer greatly. I will bring on them what they are afraid of. When I called out to them, no one answered me. When I spoke to them, no one listened. They did what is evil in my sight. They chose to do what displeases me.”

Jeremiah 14:16

And the people they are prophesying to will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem. They will die because of hunger and war. No one will bury them. No one will bury their wives and children. I will pour out trouble on them. That is exactly what they should get.

Jeremiah 2:19

You will be punished because you have sinned. You will be corrected for turning away from me. I am the Lord your God. If you desert me, bad things will happen to you. If you do not respect me, you will suffer bitterly. I want you to understand that,” announces the Lord who rules over all.

Jeremiah 21:14

But I will punish you in keeping with what you have done,” announces the Lord. “I will start a fire in your forests. It will burn down everything around you.” ’ ”

Jeremiah 6:19

Earth, pay attention. I am going to bring trouble on them. I will punish them because of the evil things they have done. They have not listened to my words. They have said no to my law.

Ezekiel 22:31

So I will pour out my anger on its people. I will destroy them because of my great anger against them. And anything that happens to them will be their own fault,” announces the Lord and King.