Proverbs 22:8
a God loves a cheerful and liberal man; 1 But a man shall fully prove the folly of his works. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
In Context
7The rich will rule over the poor, 1 And servants will lend to their own masters. 1
Cross References
Job 4:8Accordingly as I have seen men plowing barren places, 1 And they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves. 1
Proverbs 14:3Out of the mouth of fools comes a rod of pride; 1 But the lips of the wise preserve them. 1
Isaiah 10:5Woe to the Assyrians; the rod of my wrath, and anger are in their hands.
Isaiah 14:29Rejoice not, all ye Philistines, because the yoke of him that smote you is broken: for out of the seed of the serpent shall come forth the young of asps, and their young shall come forth flying serpents.
Hosea 8:7for they sowed blighted seed, and their destruction shall await them, a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce it, strangers shall devour it.
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 →