Proverbs 11:18
The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
In Context
17The man who has mercy will be rewarded, but the cruel man is the cause of trouble to himself.
19So righteousness gives life; but he who goes after evil gets death for himself.
Cross References
Psalms 126:5Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of joy.
Proverbs 5:22The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
Ecclesiastes 10:8He who makes a hole for others will himself go into it, and for him who makes a hole through a wall the bite of a snake will be a punishment.
Hosea 10:2Their mind is taken away; now they will be made waste: he will have their altars broken down, he will give their pillars to destruction.
Galatians 6:8Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.
James 3:18And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:18
17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. It is a common principle, Every one for himself. Proximus egomet mihi—None so near to me as myself. Now, if this be rightly understood, it will be a reason for the cherishing of gracious dispositions in ourselves and the crucifying of corrupt ones. We are friends or enemies to ourselves, even in respect of present comfort, according as we are or are not governed by religious principles. 1. A merciful, tender, good… Read the whole commentary →