Proverbs 11:18

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The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

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Referenced Verses

  • Hos 10:12-13 : 12 Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves, for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers deliverance on you. 13 But you have plowed wickedness; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your chariots; you have relied on your many warriors.
  • Jas 3:18 : 18 And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.
  • Gal 6:8-9 : 8 because the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit. 9 So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.
  • Eccl 10:8 : 8 Wisdom is Needed to Avert Dangers in Everyday Life One who digs a pit may fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
  • Isa 59:5-8 : 5 They hatch the eggs of a poisonous snake and spin a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die, a poisonous snake is hatched. 6 Their webs cannot be used for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are sinful; they commit violent crimes. 7 They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy. 8 They are unfamiliar with peace; their deeds are unjust. They use deceitful methods, and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace.
  • Job 27:13-23 : 13 This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty. 14 If his children increase– it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat. 15 Those who survive him are buried by the plague, and their widows do not mourn for them. 16 If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay, 17 what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver. 18 The house he builds is as fragile as a moth’s cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made. 19 He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more. When he opens his eyes, it is all gone. 20 Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off. 21 The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. 22 It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power. 23 It claps its hands at him in derision and hisses him away from his place.
  • Ps 126:5-6 : 5 Those who shed tears as they plant will shout for joy when they reap the harvest. 6 The one who weeps as he walks along, carrying his bag of seed, will certainly come in with a shout of joy, carrying his sheaves of grain.
  • Prov 1:18 : 18 but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.
  • Prov 22:8 : 8 The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end.
  • Eph 4:22 : 22 You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 10:16
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    16The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

  • Prov 11:19
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    19True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

  • Prov 11:30-31
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    30The fruit of the righteous is like a tree producing life, and the one who wins souls is wise.

    31If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

  • Isa 3:10-11
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    10Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.

    11Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.

  • Prov 13:21-22
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    21Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

    22A good person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.

  • Job 4:8
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    8Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.

  • Prov 22:8
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    8The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end.

  • Prov 12:12
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    12The wicked person has desired the stronghold of the wicked, but the root of the righteous will yield fruit.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt, but the godly show compassion and are generous.

  • Prov 11:4-6
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    4Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.

  • Prov 21:15
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    15Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Gal 6:7-8
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    7Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. For a person will reap what he sows,

    8because the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

  • Ps 58:11
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    11Then observers will say,“Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded! Yes indeed, there is a God who judges in the earth!”

  • Prov 11:27-28
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    27The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil– it will come to him.

    28The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Prov 13:5-6
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    5The righteous person will reject anything false, but the wicked person will act in shameful disgrace.

    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Ps 28:4
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    4Pay them back for their evil deeds! Pay them back for what they do! Punish them!

  • Prov 11:21
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    21Be assured that the evil person will not be unpunished, but the descendants of the righteous have escaped harm.

  • Prov 12:5
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    5The plans of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous are taken in the place of the upright.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.

  • Prov 11:8
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    8A righteous person was delivered out of trouble, then a wicked person took his place.

  • Prov 29:6
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    6In the transgression of an evil person there is a snare, but a righteous person can sing and rejoice.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 17:13
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    13As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.

  • Prov 11:17
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    17A kind person benefits himself, but a cruel person brings himself trouble.

  • Prov 12:14
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    14A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of his hands will be rendered to him.

  • Rom 2:6
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    6He will reward each one according to his works:

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No harm will be directed at the righteous, but the wicked are filled with calamity.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

  • Prov 10:2-3
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    2Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

    3The LORD satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

  • Prov 10:29
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    29The way of the LORD is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

  • Ps 97:11
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    11The godly bask in the light; the morally upright experience joy.

  • Ezek 33:18
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    18When a righteous man turns from his godliness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.

  • Job 34:11
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    11For he repays a person for his work, and according to the conduct of a person, he causes the consequences to find him.

  • Prov 28:20
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    20A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

  • Job 31:3
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    3Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?

  • Prov 21:21
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    21The one who pursues righteousness and love finds life, bounty, and honor.