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Proverbs 11:18
Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
Proverbs 11:18 · New Heart English Bible
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Proverbs 11:18 in other translations
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
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In context
15 He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.
16 A gracious woman obtains honor, but violent men obtain riches.
17 The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
18 Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
19 He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.
20 Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to the Lord, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.
21 Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.
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