Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
But he who
King James Version
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
Holman Bible
but the one who sows righteousness, a true reward.
International Standard Version
Evil people earn deceptive wages, but those who plant righteousness are truly rewarded.
A Conservative Version
A wicked man earns deceitful wages, but he who sows righteousness [has] a sure reward.
American Standard Version
The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.
Amplified
The wicked man earns deceptive wages,
But he who sows righteousness and lives his life with integrity will have a true reward [that is both permanent and satisfying].
Bible in Basic English
The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.
Darby Translation
The wicked worketh a deceitful work; but he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.
Julia Smith Translation
The unjust one did a work of falsehood: and the seed of justice the reward of truth.
King James 2000
The wicked works a deceitful work: but to him that sows righteousness shall be a sure reward.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The wicked earns {deceptive gain}, but he who sows righteousness, a {true reward}.
Modern King James verseion
The wicked makes a deceitful wage; but one sowing righteousness has a sure reward.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The labour of the ungodly prospereth not; but he that showeth righteousness, shall receive a sure reward.
NET Bible
The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.
New Heart English Bible
Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
The Emphasized Bible
The lawless man, earneth the wages of falsehood, but, he that soweth righteousness, hath the reward of fidelity.
Webster
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
World English Bible
Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
Youngs Literal Translation
The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.
Themes
Bearing fruit » Those that sow righteousness
the Reward of saints » Is sure
Righteousness » Brings its own reward
Sowing » Spiritual, the blessings of
Sowing and reaping » Reaping, harvest of sin » Sowing, spiritual, the blessings of
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 11:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
17
The merciful man does good to his own soul, but the cruel man troubles his own flesh.
18
But he who
Cross References
Hosea 10:12-13
Sow yourselves unto righteousness, reap yourselves unto mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is the time to seek the LORD until he comes and teaches you righteousness.
Galatians 6:8-9
For he that sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption, but he that sows in the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.
James 3:18
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace unto those that make peace.
Job 27:13-23
This is the portion of a wicked man with God and the heritage of the violent, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
Psalm 126:5-6
Those that sow with tears shall reap with joy.
Proverbs 1:18
And they lay in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own souls.
Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take hold of the wicked, and he shall be imprisoned with the cords of his sins.
Proverbs 22:8
He that sows iniquity shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Ecclesiastes 10:8
He that digs a pit shall fall into it, and whosoever breaks a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
Isaiah 59:5-8
They hatch cockatrice' eggs and weave the spider's web; whosoever shall eat of their eggs shall die, and if they should squeeze them, a viper shall come out.
Ephesians 4:22
that ye put off everything concerning the old way of life, that is, the old man who corrupts himself according to deceitful desires,