Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The labour of the ungodly prospereth not; but he that showeth righteousness, shall receive a sure reward.
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.
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 He that hath a gentle liberal stomach is merciful; but whoso hurteth his neighbour, is a tyrant. 18 The labour of the ungodly prospereth not; but he that showeth righteousness, shall receive a sure reward. 19 Like as righteousness bringeth life; even so to cleave unto evil, bringeth death.
Cross References
Hosea 10:12-13
that they might sow unto righteousness, and reap the fruits of well doing: that they might plow up their fresh land and seek the LORD, till he came, and learned them righteousness.
Galatians 6:8-9
He that soweth in his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption: but he that soweth in the spirit shall, of the spirit, reap life everlasting.
James 3:18
Yea, and the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace, of them that maintain peace.
Job 27:13-23
saying, 'This is that portion that the wicked shall have of God, and the heritage that Tyrants shall receive of the Almighty'?
Psalm 126:5-6
They that sow in tears, shall reap in joy.
Proverbs 1:18
Yea, they themselves lay wait one for another's blood, and one of them would slay another.
Proverbs 5:22
The wickedness of the ungodly shall catch himself, and with the snares of his own sins shall he be trapped.
Proverbs 22:8
He that soweth wickedness shall reap sorrow; and the rod of his plague shall destroy him.
Ecclesiastes 10:8
But he that diggeth up a pit, shall fall therein himself; and whoso breaketh down the hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
Isaiah 59:5-8
They breed cockatrice eggs, and weave the spider's web. Whoso eateth of their eggs dieth. But if one treadeth upon them, there cometh up a serpent.
Ephesians 4:22
so then, as concerning the conversation in time past, lay from you that old man, which is corrupt through the deceivable lusts,