Proverbs 11:18
World English Bible (WEB)
Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
In context
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.
Proverbs 11:18 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
- KJV King James Version
- The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
- ASV American Standard Version
- The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness — a true reward.
- DBY Darby Translation
- The wicked worketh a deceitful work; but he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.
- WBS Webster Bible
- The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.