Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Wicked

Proverbs 1:18
but these people lie in wait for their own blood. They ambush only themselves.
Proverbs 5:22
The wicked person's iniquities will capture him, and he will be held with the cords of his sin.
Job 27:13
"This is what a wicked person inherits from God, and what the ruthless will receive from the Almighty:
Ecclesiastes 10:8
Whoever digs a pit may fall into it, and whoever breaks through a wall may suffer a snake bite.
Isaiah 59:5
They hatch adders' eggs and weave a spider's web; whoever eats their eggs dies, and any crushed egg hatches out futility.
Ephesians 4:22
Regarding your former way of life, you were taught to strip off your old nature, which is being ruined by its deceptive desires,

But

Proverbs 22:8
Whoever sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the anger he uses for a weapon will be destroyed.
Psalm 126:5
Those who weep while they plant will sing for joy while they harvest.
Hosea 10:12
Sow in righteousness in your own interest, reap in gracious love, break up your own unprepared ground; It is now time to inquire of the LORD, until he comes to pour out righteousness for you.
Galatians 6:8
The person who sows through human means will harvest decay from human means, but the person who sows in the Spirit will harvest eternal life from the Spirit.
James 3:18
And a harvest of righteousness is grown from the seed of peace planted by peacemakers.

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