Verse 18

The wicked worketh a deceitful worke: but hee that soweth righteousnes, shall receiue a sure rewarde.

Referenced Verses

  • Hos 10:12-13 : 12 Sowe to your selues in righteousnes: reape after the measure of mercy: breake vp your fallowe grounde: for it is time to seeke the Lorde, till he come and raine righteousnesse vpon you. 13 But you haue plowed wickednesse: ye haue reaped iniquitie: you haue eaten the fruite of lies: because thou didest trust in thine owne waies, and in the multitude of thy strong men,
  • Jas 3:18 : 18 And the fruite of righteousnesse is sowen in peace, of them that make peace.
  • Gal 6:8-9 : 8 For hee that soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reape corruption: but hee that soweth to the spirit, shal of the spirit reape life euerlasting. 9 Let vs not therefore be weary of well doing: for in due season we shall reape, if we faint not.
  • Eccl 10:8 : 8 He that diggeth a pit, shall fal into it, and he that breaketh the hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
  • Isa 59:5-8 : 5 They hatch cockatrice egges, and weaue the spiders webbe: he that eateth of their egges, dieth, and that which is trode vpon, breaketh out into a serpent. 6 Their webbes shall be no garment, neither shall they couer themselues with their labours: for their workes are workes of iniquitie, & the worke of crueltie is in their handes. 7 Their feete runne to euill, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are wicked thoughts: desolation and destruction is in their paths. 8 The way of peace they knowe not, & there is none equitie in their goings: they haue made them crooked paths: whosoeuer goeth therein, shall not knowe peace.
  • Job 27:13-23 : 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of tyrants, which they shal receiue of the Almightie. 14 If his children be in great nomber, the sworde shall destroy them, and his posteritie shall not be satisfied with bread. 15 His remnant shall be buried in death, and his widowes shall not weepe. 16 Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay, 17 He may prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall deuide the siluer. 18 He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a lodge that the watchman maketh. 19 When the rich man sleepeth, he shal not be gathered to his fathers: they opened their eyes, and he was gone. 20 Terrours shal take him as waters, & a tempest shall cary him away by night. 21 The East winde shall take him away, & he shal depart: & it shal hurle him out of his place. 22 And God shal cast vpon him and not spare, though he would faine flee out of his hand. 23 Euery man shall clap their hands at him, & hisse at him out of their place.
  • Ps 126:5-6 : 5 They that sowe in teares, shall reape in ioy. 6 They went weeping and caried precious seede: but they shall returne with ioye and bring their sheaues.
  • Prov 1:18 : 18 So they lay waite for blood and lie priuily for their liues.
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 His owne iniquities shall take the wicked himselfe, and he shall be holden with the cordes of his owne sinne.
  • Prov 22:8 : 8 He that soweth iniquitie, shall reape affliction, and the rodde of his anger shall faile.
  • Eph 4:22 : 22 That is, that yee cast off, concerning the conuersation in time past, that olde man, which is corrupt through the deceiueable lustes,