Galatians 6:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μὴ πλανᾶσθε· Θεὸς οὐ μυκτηρίζεται: ὃ γὰρ ἐὰν σπείρῃ, ἄνθρωπος τοῦτο καὶ θερίσει.

Transliteration

Not planasthe; Theos not myktērizetai: for what if speirē anthropos, this also therisei.

Grammar Details

• *planasthe*: present, passive, imperative, 2nd plural - be deceived
• *Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God
• *myktērizetai*: present, passive, indicative, 3rd singular - is mocked
• *speirē*: present, active, subjunctive, 3rd singular - might sow
• *anthropos*: nominative, masculine, singular - man/person
• *therisei*: future, active, indicative, 3rd singular - will reap

Word Meanings

• *planasthe*: be deceived/led astray/misled
• *Theos*: God/deity
• *myktērizetai*: is mocked/sneered at/treated with contempt
• *speirē*: might sow/plant/scatter seed
• *anthropos*: man/person/human
• *therisei*: will reap/harvest/gather

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 9:6 : 6 But this [I say,] He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth {G1909} bountifully shall reap also {G1909} bountifully.
• Hos 10:12 : 12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
• Rom 2:6-9 : 6 who will render to every man according to his works: 7 to them that by patience in {G18} well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life: 8 but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, [shall be] wrath and indignation, 9 tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek; 10 but glory and honor and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek:
• Prov 11:18 : 18 The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness [hath] a sure reward.
• 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
• Hos 8:7 : 7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
• 1 Cor 6:9 : 9 Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,
• Job 4:8 : 8 According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.
• Eph 5:6 : 6 Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.
• Job 15:31 : 31 Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.
• Prov 1:31 : 31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.
• Prov 6:14 : 14 In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.
• Job 13:8-9 : 8 Will ye show partiality to him? Will ye contend for God? 9 Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?
• Obad 1:3 : 3 The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
• Gal 6:3 : 3 For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
• 1 John 3:7 : 7 [ My] little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous:
• Jude 1:18 : 18 That they said to you, In the last time there shall be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts.
• Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish.
• Luke 21:8 : 8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not led astray: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am [he]; and, The time is at hand: {G3767} go ye not after them.
• 1 Cor 3:18 : 18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
• Prov 6:19 : 19 A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.
• Jer 37:9 : 9 Thus saith Jehovah, Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.
• 2 Thess 2:3 : 3 let no man beguile you in any wise: for [it will not be,] except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,
• Jas 1:22 : 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
• Jas 1:26 : 26 If any man {G1722} {G5213} thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain.
• 1 John 1:8 : 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.