Proverbs 11:18
The wicked is getting a lying wage, || And whoever is sowing righteousness—a true reward.
Literal Standard 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 kind man is rewarding his own soul, || And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.
19Correctly [is] righteousness for life, || And whoever is pursuing evil—for his own death.
Cross References
Psalms 126:5Those sowing in tears, reap with singing,
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities capture the wicked, || And he is holden with the ropes of his sin.
Ecclesiastes 10:8Whoever is digging a pit falls into it, || And whoever is breaking a hedge, a serpent bites him.
Hosea 10:2Their heart has been divided, now they are guilty, || He breaks down their altars, || He destroys their standing-pillars.
Galatians 6:8because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh will reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit will reap continuous life;
James 3:18and the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown to those making 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 →