Proverbs 22:8

New International Reader's Version

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

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 125:3

Evil people will not always rule the land the Lord gave to those who do right. If they did, those who do right might do what is evil.

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 14:3

The proud words of a foolish person sting like a whip. But the things wise people say keep them safe.

Isaiah 10:25

Very soon I will not be angry with you anymore. I will turn my anger against the Assyrians. I will destroy them.”

Isaiah 10:5

The Lord says, “How terrible it will be for the people of Assyria! They are the war club that carries out my anger.

Isaiah 14:29

“The rod of Assyria has struck all of you Philistines. But do not be glad that it is broken. That rod is like a snake that will produce an even more poisonous snake. It will produce a darting, poisonous serpent.

Isaiah 30:31

The voice of the Lord will tear the Assyrians apart. He will strike them down with his scepter.

Isaiah 9:4

You set Israel free from Midian long ago. In the same way, you will break the heavy yoke that weighs Israel down. You will break the wooden beams that are on their shoulders. You will break the rods of those who strike them down.

Hosea 10:13

But you have planted the seeds of doing what is wrong. So you have harvested the fruit of your evil conduct. You have had to eat the fruit of your lies. You have trusted in your own strength. You have depended on your many soldiers.

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.