Proverbs 11:18
The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness — a true reward.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
In Context
17A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.
19Rightly [is] righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil — for his own death.
Cross References
Psalms 126:5Those sowing in tears, with singing do reap,
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.
Ecclesiastes 10:8Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.
Hosea 10:2Their heart hath been divided, now they are guilty, He doth break down their altars, He doth destroy their standing-pillars.
Galatians 6:8because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh shall reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life age-during;
James 3:18and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:18
17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. It is a common principle, Every one for himself. Proximus egomet mihi—None so near to me as myself. Now, if this be rightly understood, it will be a reason for the cherishing of gracious dispositions in ourselves and the crucifying of corrupt ones. We are friends or enemies to ourselves, even in respect of present comfort, according as we are or are not governed by religious principles. 1. A merciful, tender, good… Read the whole commentary →