8He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.


In Context

5 In the paths of the wicked lie thorns and snares, but he who guards his soul stays far from them.

6 Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

8 He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

9 A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.

10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.

Proverbs 22:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:8He that soweth iniquity shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:8He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:8He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:8He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity: and the rod of his wrath shall fail.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:8He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:8Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:8He that sows iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.