Proverbs 22:8
He who sows wickedness reaps vain striving of iniquity, 2 and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. + 22:8 Greek Septuagint version: “He that sows wickedness shall reap troubles; and shall fully receive the punishment of his deeds. God loves a cheerful and generous man; but [a man] shall fully prove the folly of his works.” + 22:8 Greek Septuagint is Quoted in 2 Cor 9:7 1
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In The King James Version
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
In Context
7The rich rule over the poor. 2 The borrower is servant to the lender. 1
9He who has a generous eye will be blessed; 2 for he shares his food with the poor. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 14:3The fool’s talk brings a rod to his back, 2 but the lips of the wise protect them. 1
Isaiah 10:5Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
Isaiah 14:29Don’t rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for out of the serpent’s root an adder will emerge, and his fruit will be a fiery flying serpent.
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 →