Proverbs 22:8
זוֹרֵעַ עַוְלָה יקצור ־ אָוֶן וְשֵׁבֶט עֶבְרָתוֹ יִכְלֶֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
In Context
7עָשִׁיר בְּרָשִׁים יִמְשׁוֹל וְעֶבֶד לֹוֶה לְאִישׁ מַלְוֶֽה ׃
9טֽוֹב ־ עַיִן הוּא יְבֹרָךְ כִּֽי ־ נָתַן מִלַּחְמוֹ לַדָּֽל ׃
Cross References
Job 4:8כַּאֲשֶׁר רָאִיתִי חֹרְשֵׁי אָוֶן וְזֹרְעֵי עָמָל יִקְצְרֻֽהוּ ׃
Proverbs 14:3בְּֽפִי ־ אֱוִיל חֹטֶר גַּאֲוָה וְשִׂפְתֵי חֲכָמִים תִּשְׁמוּרֵֽם ׃
Isaiah 10:5הוֹי אַשּׁוּר שֵׁבֶט אַפִּי וּמַטֶּה ־ הוּא בְיָדָם זַעְמִֽי ׃
Isaiah 14:29אַֽל ־ תִּשְׂמְחִי פְלֶשֶׁת כֻּלֵּךְ כִּי נִשְׁבַּר שֵׁבֶט מַכֵּךְ כִּֽי ־ מִשֹּׁרֶשׁ נָחָשׁ יֵצֵא צֶפַע וּפִרְיוֹ שָׂרָף מְעוֹפֵֽף ׃
Hosea 8:7כִּי רוּחַ יִזְרָעוּ וְסוּפָתָה יִקְצֹרוּ קָמָה אֵֽין ־ לוֹ צֶמַח בְּלִי יַֽעֲשֶׂה ־ קֶּמַח אוּלַי יַֽעֲשֶׂה זָרִים יִבְלָעֻֽהוּ ׃
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 →