Proverbs 22:8
Those who sow injustice will reap disaster, and the angry beatings they inflict on others will be stopped.
Free Bible 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 the poor, and borrowers are slaves to their lenders.
9If you're generous, you'll be blessed, for you share your food with those in need.
Cross References
Job 4:8From what I've seen it's those who plant evil and sow trouble who reap the same!
Proverbs 14:3What stupid people say punishes their pride, but what wise people say will protect them.
Isaiah 10:5Tragedy is coming to the Assyrians, even though the rod they use represents my anger and the stick they hold in their hands represents my fury!
Isaiah 14:29All you Philistines, don't celebrate the fact that the rod that was hitting you is broken, because from the root of that snake will grow up a viper, its fruit will be a flying serpent.
Hosea 8:7Those who sow the wind will reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head of grain; it will produce no flour. Even if it did produce grain, foreigners would swallow it all up.
Galatians 6:7Don't be fooled, God can't be treated with contempt: whatever you sow, that's what you 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 →