As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.
Proverbs 1:31 - Revised Standard Version therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with their own devices. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way and be satiated with their own devices. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices. Common English Bible They will eat from the fruit of their way, and they’ll be full of their own schemes. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, they shall eat the fruit of their way, and they shall have their fill of their own counsels. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices. |
As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.
O that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
From the fruit of his words a man is satisfied with good, and the work of a man's hand comes back to him.
From the fruit of his mouth a good man eats good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.
A perverse man will be filled with the fruit of his ways, and a good man with the fruit of his deeds.
He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.
The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is caught in the toils of his sin.
He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is lost.
I also will choose affliction for them, and bring their fears upon them; because, when I called, no one answered, when I spoke they did not listen; but they did what was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I did not delight.”
And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and sword, with none to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out their wickedness upon them.
Your wickedness will chasten you, and your apostasy will reprove you. Know and see that it is evil and bitter for you to forsake the Lord your God; the fear of me is not in you, says the Lord God of hosts.
I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says the Lord; I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is round about her.”
Hear, O earth; behold, I am bringing evil upon this people, the fruit of their devices, because they have not given heed to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
Therefore I have poured out my indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath; their way have I requited upon their heads, says the Lord God.”