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Proverbs 22

Prov. 22:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hez that soweth
zara` (Hebrew #2232)
to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
KJV usage: bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.
Pronounce: zaw-rah'
Origin: a primitive root
iniquity
`evel (Hebrew #5766)
and (feminine) lavlah {av-law'}; or owlah {o-law'}; or .olah {o-law'}; from 5765; (moral) evil
KJV usage: iniquity, perverseness, unjust(-ly), unrighteousness(-ly); wicked(-ness).
Pronounce: eh'-vel
Origin: or lavel {aw'-vel}
shall reap
qatsar (Hebrew #7114)
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
KJV usage: X at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), straiten, trouble, vex.
Pronounce: kaw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
vanity
'aven (Hebrew #205)
strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
KJV usage: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain ,vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare 369.
Pronounce: aw-ven'
Origin: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught)
: and δthe rod
shebet (Hebrew #7626)
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
KJV usage: X correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
Pronounce: shay'-bet
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to branch off
of his anger
`ebrah (Hebrew #5678)
an outburst of passion
KJV usage: anger, rage, wrath.
Pronounce: eb-raw'
Origin: feminine of 5676
shall fail
kalah (Hebrew #3615)
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
KJV usage: accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when ... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, X fully, X have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.
Pronounce: kaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
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Job 4:8• 8Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same. (Job 4:8)
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or, with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed.

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Rod,
Sower; Sowing

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Job 4:8• 8Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same. (Job 4:8)
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Hos. 8:7• 7For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; should it sprout, it would yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up. (Hos. 8:7)
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Hos. 10:13• 13Ye have ploughed wickedness, reaped iniquity, eaten the fruit of lies; for thou didst confide in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men. (Hos. 10:13)
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Gal. 6:7‑8• 7Be not deceived: God is not mocked; for whatever a man shall sow, that also shall he reap.
 8For he that sows to his own flesh, shall reap corruption from the flesh; but he that sows to the Spirit, from the Spirit shall reap eternal life: (Gal. 6:7‑8)
the rod of his anger shall fail.
or, with the rod of hisanger he shall be consumed.
Prov. 14:3• 3In the fool's mouth is a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise shall preserve them. (Prov. 14:3)
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Psa. 125:3• 3For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. (Psa. 125:3)
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Isa. 9:4• 4For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. (Isa. 9:4)
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Isa. 10:5• 5Ah! the Assyrian! the rod of mine anger! and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. (Isa. 10:5)
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Isa. 14:29• 29Rejoice not thou, Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a viper, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. (Isa. 14:29)
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Isa. 30:31• 31For through the voice of Jehovah shall the Assyrian be broken down: he will smite him with the rod. (Isa. 30:31)
• {v.8-9} The two verses are in striking and intentional contrast; again reminding us of the certainty of a harvest like unto the character of the sowing. (“Proverbs Twenty-Two” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquityd, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "vanity," "mischief."