Proverbs 11:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

The wicked works a deceitful work, but he who sows righteousness shall have a sure reward.

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  • Hos 10:12-13 : 12 Sow for yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and rains righteousness on you. 13 You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped iniquity; you have eaten the fruit of lies: because you trusted in your own way, in the multitude of your mighty men.
  • Jas 3:18 : 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
  • Gal 6:8-9 : 8 For he who sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he who sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9 And let us not grow weary in doing good: for in due season we shall reap, if we do not faint.
  • Eccl 10:8 : 8 He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaks an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
  • Isa 59:5-8 : 5 They hatch viper’s eggs and weave the spider's web: he who eats of their eggs dies, and what is crushed breaks out into a viper. 6 Their webs will not become garments, nor will 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 hurry to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; devastation and destruction are in their paths. 8 The way of peace they do not know; and there is no justice in their paths: they have made crooked paths for themselves; whoever walks therein shall 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 shall receive from the Almighty. 14 If his children multiply, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 15 Those who survive him shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep. 16 Though he heaps up silver as the dust, and prepares clothing as the clay; 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall wear it, and the innocent shall divide the silver. 18 He builds his house like a moth, and like a booth that a keeper makes. 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is no more. 20 Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest steals him away in the night. 21 The east wind carries him away, and he departs; and as a storm hurls him out of his place. 22 For God will hurl upon him, and not spare; he would gladly 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 Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He who goes forth weeping, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
  • Prov 1:18 : 18 And they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall capture the wicked, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.
  • Prov 22:8 : 8 He who sows iniquity shall reap vanity, and the rod of his anger shall fail.
  • Eph 4:22 : 22 That you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 16 The labor of the righteous tends to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  • 19 As righteousness leads to life, so he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

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    30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

    31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed on earth, much more the wicked and the sinner.

  • Isa 3:10-11
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    78%

    10 Say to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

    11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given to him.

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    21 Evil pursues sinners, but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

    22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the just.

  • 8 Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same.

  • 8 He who sows iniquity shall reap vanity, and the rod of his anger shall fail.

  • 12 The wicked desires the catch of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields fruit.

  • 21 The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous show mercy and give.

  • Prov 11:4-6
    3 verses
    76%

    4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

    5 The righteousness of the blameless shall direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but transgressors shall be captured by their own evil.

  • 15 It is a joy for the just to do justice, but destruction awaits the workers of iniquity.

  • 23 The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Gal 6:7-8
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    75%

    7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap.

    8 For he who sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he who sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

  • 11 So that a man shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous: truly he is a God who judges in the earth.

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    27 He who diligently seeks good procures favor, but he who seeks evil, it shall come to him.

    28 He who trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish like a branch.

  • 7 The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Prov 13:5-6
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    5 A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.

    6 Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • 4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors; give them after the work of their hands; render to them their due.

  • 21 Though they join hands, the wicked shall not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous shall be delivered.

  • 5 The thoughts of the righteous are right, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

  • 18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

  • 32 The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope in his death.

  • 8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his place.

  • 6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous sing and rejoice.

  • 10 Whoever causes the righteous to go astray in an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the upright shall have good things in possession.

  • 23 A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • 13 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • 17 The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

  • 14 A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the recompense of a man's hands will be rendered to him.

  • 6 Who will render to each person according to his deeds:

  • 15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

  • 21 No harm befalls the just, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

  • 32 The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

  • Prov 10:2-3
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    2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

    3 The LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish, but He casts away the substance of the wicked.

  • 29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright, but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

  • 11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

  • 18 When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it.

  • 11 For the work of a man shall He repay him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

  • 20 A faithful person shall abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich shall not be innocent.

  • 3 Is not destruction for the wicked, and a strange punishment for the workers of iniquity?

  • 21 He who follows after righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, and honor.