The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, f
He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to
Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
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
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;