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Proverbs 22:8 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

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

Proverbs 22:8

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

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

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

9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

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Ill-gotten gains will not prosper. The person who sows iniquity, who does what is unjust in hope of gaining by it, will reap vanity. What he gets will never do him any real good or give him any lasting satisfaction. In the end, he will meet only disappointment. Those who make trouble for others are only preparing trouble for themselves. People reap what they sow.

Abused power will not last. If the rod of authority turns into a rod of anger, if rulers lead by passion instead of wisdom, and if they care more about venting their anger than serving the public good, that power will fail and be broken. Their authority will not protect them in their excesses (Isaiah 10:24, Isaiah 10:25).

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Galatians 6:7-8

"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

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Job 4:8

"Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same."

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Proverbs 1:31

"Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices."

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Galatians 6:8

"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."

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1 Corinthians 6:9

"Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,"

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Isaiah 30:31

"For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod."

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Proverbs 22:1

"A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold."

Proverbs 22:2

"The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all."

Proverbs 22:3

"A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished."

Proverbs 22:4

"By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life."

Proverbs 22:5

"Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them."

Proverbs 22:6

"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

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