Proverbs 22:8
He who soweth iniquity shall reap calamity, And the rod of his punishment is prepared.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
In Context
7The rich ruleth over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender.
9He who hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed, Because he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Cross References
Job 4:8According to what I have seen, they who plough iniquity, And sow mischief, reap the same.
Proverbs 14:3In the mouth of the foolish pride is a scourge; But the lips of the wise preserve them.
Isaiah 10:5Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, The staff in whose hands is the instrument of my indignation!
Isaiah 14:29Rejoice not, all Philistia, Because the rod that smote thee is broken, For from the root of a serpent shall come forth a basilisk, And his fruit shall be a flying, fiery serpent.
Hosea 8:7They have sown the wind, And they shall reap the whirlwind. They shall have no standing harvest; The ear shall yield no meal; If perchance it yield, strangers shall devour it.
Galatians 6:7Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatever a man soweth, that shall he also 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 →