Proverbs 22:8

The Passion Translation

Sin is a seed that brings a harvest; you’ll reap a heap of trouble with every seed you plant. For your investment in sins pays a full return— the full punishment you deserve!

Cross References

Psalm 125:3

The wicked will not always rule over the godly, provoking them to do what is evil.

Proverbs 1:31

now you will eat the bitter fruit of your own ways. You’ve made your own bed; now lie in it! So how do you like that?

Proverbs 14:3

The words of a proud fool will all come back to haunt him. But the words of the wise will become a shield of protection around them.

Isaiah 10:25

After only a brief moment, I will end my indignation against you, and it will fall upon them to their destruction!”

Isaiah 10:5

Woe to arrogant Assyria, the rod of my anger! The club I place in the king’s hand is my fury.

Isaiah 14:29

A snake will sprout from the root of that serpent, and his descendant will be like a flying, fiery, burning one.

Isaiah 30:31

And when his rod strikes the Assyrians, they will be terror-stricken by the mighty voice of Lord Yahweh.

Isaiah 9:4

For you have broken the chains that have bound your people and lifted off the heavy bar across their shoulders, the rod the oppressor used against them. You have shattered all their bondage, just as you did when Midian’s armies were defeated.