Proverbs 11:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness [hath] a sure reward.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רָשָׁ֗ע עֹשֶׂ֥ה פְעֻלַּת־שָׁ֑קֶר וְזֹרֵ֥עַ צְ֝דָקָ֗ה שֶׂ֣כֶר אֱמֶֽת׃

Transliteration

Rāšāʿ ʿōśeh pəʿullat-šāqer wəzōrēaʿ ṣədāqâ śeker ʾĕmet.

Grammar Details

• *Rāšāʿ*: masculine singular adjective/noun - wicked one
• *ʿōśeh*: verb Qal participle masculine singular - doing/earning
• *pəʿullat-šāqer*: feminine singular construct noun + masculine singular noun - wages of deception
• *wəzōrēaʿ*: conjunction + verb Qal participle masculine singular - and sowing
• *ṣədāqâ*: feminine singular noun - righteousness
• *śeker*: masculine singular noun - wages/reward
• *ʾĕmet*: feminine singular noun - truth/faithfulness

Word Meanings

• *Rāšāʿ*: wicked one/criminal/guilty one
• *ʿōśeh*: doing/earning/making
• *pəʿullat*: wages/work/deed
• *šāqer*: deception/falsehood/lie
• *zōrēaʿ*: sowing/scattering seed
• *ṣədāqâ*: righteousness/justice/righteous deeds
• *śeker*: wages/reward
• *ʾĕmet*: truth/faithfulness/reliability

Referenced Verses

• Hos 10:12-13 : 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. 13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies; for thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
• Jas 3:18 : 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.
• Gal 6:8-9 : 8 For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life. 9 And let us not be weary in {G2570} well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
• Eccl 10:8 : 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.
• Isa 59:5-8 : 5 They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth; and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. 6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. 7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths. 8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.
• Job 27:13-23 : 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty: 14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation. 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay; 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver. 18 He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh. 19 He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers]; He openeth his eyes, and he is not. 20 Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night. 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place. 22 For [God] shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand. 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.
• Ps 126:5-6 : 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing seed for sowing, Shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves [with him].
• Prov 1:18 : 18 And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.
• Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
• Prov 22:8 : 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
• Eph 4:22 : 22 that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;