18 The wicked earns deceptive wages,
But he who (A)sows righteousness gets a true reward.

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17 And the (A)work of righteousness will be peace,
And the service of righteousness, (B)quietness and [a]confidence forever.

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  1. Isaiah 32:17 Or security

12 (A)Sow with a view to righteousness,
Reap in accordance with [a]kindness;
(B)Break up your fallow ground,
For it is time to (C)seek the Lord
Until He (D)comes to [b](E)rain righteousness on you.

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  1. Hosea 10:12 Or loyalty
  2. Hosea 10:12 Or teach

12 Do horses run on rocks?
Or does one plow [a]them with oxen?
Yet you have turned (A)justice into poison
And the fruit of righteousness into [b]wormwood,

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  1. Amos 6:12 Another reading is the sea with oxen
  2. Amos 6:12 I.e. bitterness

(A)For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap (B)corruption, but (C)the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

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11 having been filled with the (A)fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

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