Proverbs 22:8
He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
BSB
ASV
He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
KJV
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Job 4:8As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
leads to
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”
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Psalms 125:3For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.
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The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.
No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will…
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful…
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Hosea 10:13You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,
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As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
