Proverbs 22:8
He that soweth iniquity shall reap aven (iniquity), 1 and the shevet (rod) of his wrath shall disappear. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
In Context
Cross References
Job 4:8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, 1 and sow amal (trouble), reap the same. 1
Proverbs 14:3In the peh (mouth) of the fool is a rod of ga'avah (pride), 1 but the sfatayim (lips) of the chachamim shall be shomer over them and preserve them. 1
Isaiah 10:5O Ashur, the rod of Mine anger, 1 in whose yad is the mateh of My wrath. 1
Isaiah 14:29Rejoice not thou, all ye of Peleshet (Philistia), 1 because the shevet (rod) of him that struck thee is broken; 1 for out of the shoresh nachash (snakeʼs root) shall spring up a viper, 1 and its pri (fruit) shall be a fiery flying serpent. 1
Hosea 8:7For they have sown the wind, 1 and they shall reap the whirlwind; 1 the stalk [of standing grain] hath no tzemach (shoot); 1 it shall yield no kemach (flour); 1 and even if it yielded it, zarim would devour it. 1
Galatians 6:7Do not be led astray. Hashem is not mocked. For whatever a man sows, this also he will 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 →