Proverbs 22:8
He that soweth injustice will reap wrong-doing; and the rod of God's wrath will not fail.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
In Context
7A rich man ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the man that lendeth.
9A man of a benevolent eye will indeed be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Cross References
Job 4:8Even as I have seen, that those who plough wrong-doing, and sow trouble, have to reap the same.
Proverbs 14:3In the mouth of the foolish is a stick [for his] pride; but the lips of the wise will preserve them.
Isaiah 10:5Woe over Asshur, the rod of my anger; and a staff is in their hand my indignation.
Isaiah 14:29Rejoice not, thou entire Palestine, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent's root shall come forth an adder, and its fruit shall be a flying dragon.
Hosea 8:7For the wind do they sow, and the whirlwind shall they reap: [their seed] bringeth no standing corn; the plant yieldeth no meal; but should it yield it, strangers would swallow it up.
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 →