Verse 18

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,