Job 4:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.

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  • Prov 22:8 : 8 By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.
  • Gal 6:7-8 : 7 Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain. 8 Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.
  • Hos 8:7 : 7 For they have been planting the wind, and their fruit will be the storm; his grain has no stem, it will give no meal, and if it does, a strange nation will take it.
  • Hos 10:12-13 : 12 Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain. 13 You have been ploughing sin, you have got in a store of evil, the fruit of deceit has been your food: for you put faith in your way, in the number of your men of war.
  • 2 Cor 9:6 : 6 But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.
  • Jer 4:18 : 18 Your ways and your doings have made these things come on you; this is your sin; truly it is bitter, going deep into your heart.
  • Job 15:35 : 35 Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.
  • Ps 7:14-16 : 14 That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit. 15 He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made 16 His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.

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  • 7 For they have been planting the wind, and their fruit will be the storm; his grain has no stem, it will give no meal, and if it does, a strange nation will take it.

  • 8 By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.

  • 6 They get mixed grain from the field, and they take away the late fruit from the vines of those who have wealth.

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    18 The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

    19 So righteousness gives life; but he who goes after evil gets death for himself.

  • Hos 10:12-13
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    77%

    12 Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.

    13 You have been ploughing sin, you have got in a store of evil, the fruit of deceit has been your food: for you put faith in your way, in the number of your men of war.

  • John 4:36-37
    2 verses
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    36 He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.

    37 In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.

  • 4 Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.

  • 8 Let me put seed in the earth for another to have the fruit of it, and let my produce be uprooted.

  • Gal 6:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7 Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.

    8 Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.

  • 31 If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!

  • 5 Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of joy.

  • 7 Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?

  • 13 Though good grain was planted, they have got in thorns: they have given themselves pain without profit: they will be shamed on account of their produce, because of the burning wrath of the Lord.

  • 9 By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.

  • 14 There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose.

  • 18 How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?

  • 3 The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.

  • 6 But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.

  • 11 Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.

  • 7 When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction.

  • Prov 4:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16 For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

    17 The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.

  • 3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house.

  • 4 He who is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.

  • 3 Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?

  • Hos 4:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8 The sin of my people is like food to them; and their desire is for their wrongdoing.

    9 And the priest will be like the people; I will give them punishment for their evil ways, and the reward of their acts.

  • 21 Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

  • 16 And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.

  • 18 Your ways and your doings have made these things come on you; this is your sin; truly it is bitter, going deep into your heart.

  • 14 That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.

  • 16 The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

  • 11 Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.

  • 8 Their children are ever with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

  • 8 Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.

  • 8 And goes in the company of evil-doers, walking in the way of sinners?

  • 9 Before they are conscious of it, let them be cut down like thorns; let a strong wind take them away like waste growth.

  • 9 Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.

  • 4 A high look and a heart of pride, *** of the evil-doer is sin.

  • 19 Such is the joy of his way, and out of the dust another comes up to take his place.

  • 1 A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.

  • 21 Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.

  • 2 Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.

  • 14 The seed is the word.

  • 26 The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all onlookers.

  • 5 A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.