Job 4:8 · KJV
“Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.”
— Job 4:8
Remember, I pray thee, who {ever} perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. {by the breath...: that is, by his anger}
Job 4 — Context
{Is} not {this} thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
7Remember, I pray thee, who {ever} perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
9By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. {by the breath...: that is, by his anger}
10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
Cross References
Galatians 6:7-8
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Proverbs 22:8
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. {the rod...: or, with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed}
Hosea 8:7
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. {stalk: or, standing corn}
Hosea 10:12-13
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for {it is} time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Jeremiah 4:18
Thy way and thy doings have procured these {things} unto thee; this {is} thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
Job 15:35
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit. {vanity: or, iniquity}
2 Corinthians 9:6
But this {I say}, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
Psalms 7:14-16
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.