They still bring forth fruit in old age, they are ever full of sap and green,
James 3:18 - Revised Standard Version And the harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the harvest of righteousness (of conformity to God's will in thought and deed) is [the fruit of the seed] sown in peace by those who work for and make peace [in themselves and in others, that peace which means concord, agreement, and harmony between individuals, with undisturbedness, in a peaceful mind free from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts]. American Standard Version (1901) And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace. Common English Bible Those who make peace sow the seeds of justice by their peaceful acts. Catholic Public Domain Version And so the fruit of justice is sown in peace by those who make peace. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the fruit of justice is sown in peace, to them that make peace. |
They still bring forth fruit in old age, they are ever full of sap and green,
A wicked man earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.
He who trusts in his riches will wither, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but lawlessness takes away lives.
Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain salvation upon you.
Do horses run upon rocks? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.
For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption; but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
filled with the fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant; later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.