Galatians 6:7
Do not choose to wander astray. God is not to be ridiculed.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
In Context
Cross References
Job 13:8Have you taken his place, and do you struggle to give judgment in favor of God?
Proverbs 1:31Therefore, they shall eat the fruit of their way, and they shall have their fill of their own counsels.
Proverbs 6:19a deceitful witness bringing forth lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
Jeremiah 37:9But even if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and if there were left behind from among them only a few wounded men, they would rise up, each one from his tent, and they would burn this city with fire.”
Hosea 8:7For they will sow wind and reap a whirlwind. It does not have a firm stalk; the bud will yield no grain. But if it does yield, strangers will eat it.
Obadiah 1:3The arrogance of your heart has lifted you up, living in the clefts of the rocks, exalting your throne. You say in your heart, “Who will pull me down to the ground?”
Matthew Henry on Galatians 6:2-11
Tenderness in Reproving; Self-Examination; Spiritual Mindedness and Beneficence. ( a. d. 56.) 1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. 3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. 4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in… Read the whole commentary →