Bible verse

Proverbs 22:8

He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Proverbs 22:8 · BSB

Proverbs 22:8 in context

The verses around it, from Proverbs 22.

4 The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.

5 Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.

6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

8 He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

9 A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

10 Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.

11 He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.

12 The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.

Read all of Proverbs 22

Proverbs 22:8 in other translations

KJV

He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

ASV

He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.

ERV

He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity: and the rod of his wrath shall fail.

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