13 (A)You have plowed wickedness;
You have reaped iniquity.
You have eaten the fruit of lies,
Because you trusted in your own way,
In the multitude of your mighty men.

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Even as I have seen,
(A)Those who plow iniquity
And sow trouble reap the same.

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Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for (A)whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap (B)everlasting life.

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“They(A) sow the wind,
And reap the whirlwind.
The stalk has no bud;
It shall never produce meal.
If it should produce,
(B)Aliens would swallow it up.

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He who sows iniquity will reap (A)sorrow,[a]
And the rod of his anger will fail.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:8 trouble

31 Therefore (A)they shall eat the fruit of their own way,
And be filled to the full with their own fancies.

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16 (A)No king is saved by the multitude of an army;
A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

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God’s Charge Against Ephraim

12 “Ephraim has encircled Me with lies,
And the house of Israel with deceit;
But Judah still walks with God,
Even with the [a]Holy One who is faithful.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:12 Or holy ones

20 (A)A man’s stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth;
From the produce of his lips he shall be filled.

21 (B)Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.

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10 Do not trust in oppression,
Nor vainly hope in robbery;
(A)If riches increase,
Do not set your heart on them.

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“Here is the man who did not make God his strength,
But trusted in the abundance of his riches,
And strengthened himself in his [a]wickedness.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 52:7 Lit. desire, in evil sense

They make a (A)king glad with their wickedness,
And princes (B)with their lies.

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11 I returned (A)and saw under the sun that—

The race is not to the swift,
Nor the battle to the strong,
Nor bread to the wise,
Nor riches to men of understanding,
Nor favor to men of skill;
But time and (B)chance happen to them all.

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A (A)false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who speaks lies will not escape.

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19 The truthful lip shall be established forever,
(A)But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

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