For they sowed blighted [seed], and their destruction shall await them, a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce it, strangers shall devour it.

Accordingly, as I have seen men plowing barren places, and they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves.

He that sows wickedness shall reap troubles, and shall fully receive the punishment of his deeds. [ 22:8A] God loves a cheerful and liberal man; but a man shall fully prove the folly of his works.

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for what a man sows, this also he will reap.

For he who sows to his flesh, from his own flesh will reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap everlasting life.

Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and shall be filled with their own ungodliness.

True lips establish testimony, but a hasty witness has an unjust tongue.

A man fills his belly with the fruits of his mouth, and he shall be satisfied with the fruits of his lips.

Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and they that rule it shall eat the fruits thereof.

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that accuses unjustly shall not escape.

Behold, the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity.

Trust not in unrighteousness, and lust not after robberies. If wealth should flow in, set not your heart upon it.

A king is not saved by reason of a great host; and a giant shall not be delivered by the greatness of his strength.

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor yet wealth to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of knowledge; for time and chance will happen to them all.