Proverbs 22:8
He that sows wickedness shall reap troubles; and shall fully receive the punishment of his deeds. + 22:8 See 2 Cor 9:7. Compare Heb. God loves a cheerful and liberal man; but a man shall fully prove the folly of his works.
LXX2012 (British)
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, and servants will lend to their own masters.
Cross References
Job 4:8Accordingly as I have seen men ploughing barren places, and they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves.
Proverbs 14:3Out of the mouth of fools comes a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise preserve them.
Isaiah 10:5Woe to the Assyrians; the rod of my wrath, and anger are in their hands.
Isaiah 14:29Rejoice not, all you⌃ Philistines, because the yoke of him that struck you is broken: for out of the seed of the serpent shall come forth the young 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 →