Matthew Henry · Verse 8
The power which many abuse, will soon fail them.
Proverbs 22:8
He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
World English Bible
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WEBBE
He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
BSB
He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
KJV
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
ASV
He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
BBE
By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.
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