You have plowed iniquity; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your warriors,
As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no flour; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it.
Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.
therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.
The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit, but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
From the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Put no trust in extortion; set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.
“See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!”
By their evil they make the king glad, and the princes by their treachery.
Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
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