Proverbs 11:18
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
Proverbs 11:18 in other translations
| BSB | The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward. |
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| WEB | Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. |
| ASV | The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward. |
| YLT | The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness--a true reward. |
| DARBY | The wicked worketh a deceitful work; but he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward. |
| BBE | The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness. |
| Webster | The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. |
What does Proverbs 11:18 mean?
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Proverbs 11:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 11:18
- Galatians 6:8-9
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
- Ecclesiastes 10:8
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
- Hosea 10:12-13
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
- James 3:18
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
- Psalms 126:5-6
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
- Proverbs 22:8
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
- Proverbs 1:18
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
- Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
- Job 27:13-23
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; …
- Isaiah 59:5-8
They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
- Ephesians 4:22
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
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Context
- Proverbs 11:17
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
- Proverbs 11:18
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
- Proverbs 11:19
As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
Proverbs 11:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El impío hace obra falsa: mas el que sembrare justicia, tendrá galardón firme. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Le méchant fait une œuvre trompeuse, mais celui qui sème la justice a un vrai salaire. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Der Gesetzlose schafft sich trüglichen Gewinn, wer aber Gerechtigkeit sät, wahrhaftigen Lohn. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Impius facit opus instabile, seminanti autem justitiam merces fidelis. |