Proverbs 11:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Jas 3:18 : 18 And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.
  • Gal 6:8-9 : 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. 9 And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.
  • Eccl 10:8 : 8 He who makes a hole for others will himself go into it, and for him who makes a hole through a wall the bite of a snake will be a punishment.
  • Isa 59:5-8 : 5 They give birth to snake's eggs, and make spider's threads: whoever takes their eggs for food comes to his death, and the egg which is crushed becomes a poison-snake. 6 Their twisted threads will not make clothing, and their works will give them nothing for covering themselves: their works are works of sin, and violent acts are in their hands. 7 Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways. 8 They have no knowledge of the way of peace, and there is no sense of what is right in their behaviour: they have made for themselves ways which are not straight; whoever goes in them has no knowledge of peace.
  • Job 27:13-23 : 13 This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all. 14 If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread. 15 When those of his house who are still living come to their end by disease, they are not put into the earth, and their widows are not weeping for them. 16 Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing; 17 He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage. 18 His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent. 19 He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer. 20 Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away. 21 The east wind takes him up and he is gone; he is forced violently out of his place. 22 God sends his arrows against him without mercy; he goes in flight before his hand. 23 Men make signs of joy because of him, driving him from his place with sounds of hissing.
  • Ps 126:5-6 : 5 Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of joy. 6 Though a man may go out weeping, taking his vessel of seed with him; he will come again in joy, with the corded stems of grain in his arms.
  • Prov 1:18 : 18 And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
  • 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.
  • Eph 4:22 : 22 That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit;

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

  • Prov 11:19
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    19So righteousness gives life; but he who goes after evil gets death for himself.

  • Prov 11:30-31
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    30The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.

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  • Isa 3:10-11
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    10Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways.

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  • Prov 13:21-22
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    21Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

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  • Job 4:8
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    8What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.

  • Prov 22:8
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    8By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.

  • Prov 12:12
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    12The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.

  • Prov 11:4-6
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    4Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

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    15It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

  • Gal 6:7-8
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    7Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.

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  • Ps 58:11
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    11So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth.

  • Prov 11:27-28
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    27He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.

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  • Prov 21:7
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    7By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Prov 13:5-6
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    5The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.

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  • Ps 28:4
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    4Give 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.

  • Prov 11:21
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    21Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.

  • Prov 12:5
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    5The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

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    32The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

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    13If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.

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    17The man who has mercy will be rewarded, but the cruel man is the cause of trouble to himself.

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    14From the fruit of his mouth will a man have good food in full measure, and the work of a man's hands will be rewarded.

  • Rom 2:6
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    6Who will give to every man his right reward:

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Prov 10:2-3
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    2Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.

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    29The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

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    11Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy.

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    18When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it.

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    20A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.

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

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    21He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.