Proverbs 11:18

The Message

Bad work gets paid with a bad check; good work gets solid pay.

Cross References

Exodus 1:20

God was pleased with the midwives. The people continued to increase in number—a very strong people. And because the midwives honored God, God gave them families of their own.

Proverbs 10:16

The wage of a good person is exuberant life; an evil person ends up with nothing but sin.

Proverbs 22:8

Whoever sows sin reaps weeds, and bullying anger sputters into nothing.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

Caution: The trap you set might catch you. Warning: Your accomplice in crime might double-cross you.

John 4:36

“The Harvester isn’t waiting. He’s taking his pay, gathering in this grain that’s ripe for eternal life. Now the Sower is arm in arm with the Harvester, triumphant. That’s the truth of the saying, ‘This one sows, that one harvests.’ I sent you to harvest a field you never worked. Without lifting a finger, you have walked in on a field worked long and hard by others.”