Proverbs 22:8
He who sows iniquity shall reap calamity, and the rod of his wrath shall fail.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
In Context
7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
9He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.
Cross References
Job 4:8According as I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.
Proverbs 14:3In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Isaiah 10:5Ho, Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
Isaiah 14:29Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken. For out of the serpent's root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
Hosea 8:7For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The blade shall yield no meal. If so be it yields, strangers shall swallow it up.
Galatians 6:7Be not misled, God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows this he will also reap.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:8
7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. He had said ( v. 2 .), Rich and poor meet together; but here he finds, here he shows, that, as to the things of this life, there is a great difference; for, 1. Those that have little will be in subjection to those that have much, because they have dependence upon them, they have received, and expect to receive, support from them: The rich rule over the poor, and too often more than becomes them, with pride and rigour, unlike to God, who,… Read the whole commentary →