Proverbs 22:8

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.

Cross References

Job 4:8

As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.

Hosea 10:13

You have plowed iniquity, you have reaped injustice, you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your chariots and in the multitude of your warriors,

Isaiah 30:31

The Assyrians will be terror-stricken at the voice of the Lord, when he smites with his rod.

Proverbs 14:3

The talk of a fool is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

Psalm 125:3

For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous put forth their hands to do wrong.

Hosea 8:7

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads, it shall yield no meal; if it were to yield, aliens would devour it.

Isaiah 14:29

“Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of you, that the rod which smote you is broken, for from the serpent's root will come forth an adder, and its fruit will be a flying serpent.

Isaiah 10:5

Ah, Assyria, the rod of my anger, the staff of my fury!

Isaiah 9:4

For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as on the day of Midian.

Proverbs 1:31

therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with their own devices.

Isaiah 10:25

For in a very little while my indignation will come to an end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction.