Proverbs 11:18

Modern

The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.

Traditional

The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

Literal

A wicked one makes a reward of deception, and the one sowing righteousness has a wage of truth.

Latin

Impius facit opus instabile, seminanti autem justitiam merces fidelis.

Hebrew

English

The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.

Theme notes and profiles

Galatians 6:8–9
The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
Ecclesiastes 10:8
He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
James 3:18
Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
Hosea 10:12–13
Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
Proverbs 22:8
He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
Psalm 126:5–6
Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
Proverbs 5:22
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
Proverbs 1:18
But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
Job 27:13–23
This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
Isaiah 59:5–8
They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
Ephesians 4:22
…to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;