⁸ As I have seen, those who plow iniquity
    and sow trouble reap the same.^(A)

⁸ Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity,
    and the rod of anger will fail.^(A)

¹² Sow for yourselves righteousness;
    reap steadfast love;
    break up your fallow ground,
for it is time to seek the Lord,
    that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.^(A)

¹⁸ Your ways and your doings
    have brought this upon you.
This is your doom; how bitter it is!
    It has reached your very heart.”^(A)

¹⁴ See how they conceive evil
    and are pregnant with mischief
    and bring forth lies.^(A)
15 They make a pit, digging it out,
    and fall into the hole that they have made.^(B)
16 Their mischief returns upon their own heads,
    and on their own heads their violence descends.^(C)

³⁵ They conceive mischief and bring forth evil,
    and their belly prepares deceit.”^(A)