Proverbs 22:8
Whoever sows iniquity will reap evils, and by the rod of his own wrath he will be consumed.
Catholic Public Domain 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.
Cross References
Job 4:8In fact, I have instead seen those who work iniquity and who sow resentments, reap them,
Proverbs 14:3In the mouth of the foolish, there is a rod of arrogance. But the lips of the wise guard them.
Isaiah 10:5Woe to Assur! He is the rod and the staff of my fury, and my indignation is in their hands.
Isaiah 14:29You should not rejoice, all you of Philistia, that the rod of him who struck you has been crushed. For from the root of the serpent will go forth a king snake, and his offspring will engulf that which flies.
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.
Galatians 6:7Do not choose to wander astray. God is not to be ridiculed.
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 →