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As I see it, those who plow mischief
    and sow trouble will reap them.

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As I have observed,(A) those who plow evil(B)
    and those who sow trouble reap it.(C)

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Those who sow iniquity reap calamity,(A)
    and the rod used in anger will fail.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 22:8 Agricultural metaphors express the failure of malicious actions. In the first line, bad actions are seeds yielding trouble. In the second line, “the rod” is a flail used to beat grains as in Is 28:27.

Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,(A)
    and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.(B)

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When they sow the wind,
    they will reap the whirlwind;(A)
The stalk of grain that forms no head
    can yield no flour;
Even if it could,
    strangers would swallow it.

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“They sow the wind
    and reap the whirlwind.(A)
The stalk has no head;
    it will produce no flour.(B)
Were it to yield grain,
    foreigners would swallow it up.(C)

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