Proverbs 11:18
The impious does work with inconstancy. But for the sower of justice, there is the reward of faithfulness.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
In Context
17A merciful man benefits his own soul. But whoever is cruel casts out even his close relatives.
19Clemency prepares life. And the pursuit of evils prepares death.
Cross References
Psalms 126:5Blessed is the man who has filled his desire from these things. He will not be confounded when he speaks to his enemies at the gate.
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities take hold of the impious, and he is bound by the cords of his own sins.
Ecclesiastes 10:8Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. And whoever tears apart a hedge, a snake will bite him.
Hosea 10:2His heart has been divided, so now they will cross the divide. He will break apart their images; he will plunder their sanctuaries.
Galatians 6:8For whatever a man will have sown, that also shall he reap. For whoever sows in his flesh, from the flesh he shall also reap corruption. But whoever sows in the Spirit, from the Spirit he shall reap eternal life.
James 3:18And so the fruit of justice is sown in peace by 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 →