reap what you sow
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7Do not choose to wander astray. God is not to be ridiculed.
6But I say this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. And whoever sows with blessings shall also reap from blessings:
38Give, and it will be given to you: a good measure, pressed down and shaken together and overflowing, they will place upon your lap. Certainly, the same measure that you use to measure out, will be used to measure back to you again.”
8In fact, I have instead seen those who work iniquity and who sow resentments, reap them,
14The foolish will be filled up by his own ways. And the good man shall be above him.
8Whoever sows iniquity will reap evils, and by the rod of his own wrath he will be consumed.
18Arrogance precedes destruction. And the spirit is exalted before a fall.
7Do not choose to wander astray. God is not to be ridiculed. 8For whatever a man will have sown, that also shall he reap. For whoever sows in his flesh, from the flesh he shall also reap corruption. But whoever sows in the Spirit, from the Spirit he shall reap eternal life.
4Whoever heeds the wind will not sow. And whoever considers the clouds will never reap. 5In the same manner that you do not know the way of the spirit, nor the way that bones are joined together in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the works of God, who is the Maker of all. 6In the morning, sow your seed, and in the evening, do not let your hand cease. For you do not know which of these may rise up, the one or the other. But if both rise up together, so much the better.
8For whatever a man will have sown, that also shall he reap. For whoever sows in his flesh, from the flesh he shall also reap corruption. But whoever sows in the Spirit, from the Spirit he shall reap eternal life.
10I am the Lord, who examines the heart and tests the temperament, who gives to each one according to his way and according to the fruit of his own decisions.
9And so, let us not be deficient in doing good. For in due time, we shall reap without fail.
7Do not choose to wander astray. God is not to be ridiculed. 8For whatever a man will have sown, that also shall he reap. For whoever sows in his flesh, from the flesh he shall also reap corruption. But whoever sows in the Spirit, from the Spirit he shall reap eternal life. 9And so, let us not be deficient in doing good. For in due time, we shall reap without fail.