KJV ORIGINAL
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Anyone who plants wickedness will harvest emptiness and disappointment, and the weapon they use in their anger will break.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse teaches that doing evil ultimately leads to failure and disappointment, while anger used as a weapon will eventually backfire.
📚 Historical Context
This proverb comes from a collection of wise sayings traditionally attributed to King Solomon, written around 950-700 BC for teaching young people how to live wisely. The agricultural metaphor of sowing and reaping would have been immediately understood by people in an farming society, where everyone knew that the type of seed planted determined the harvest.
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