as you sow, so shall you reap
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as you sow, so shall you reap
- /əz‿ju ˈsəʊ səʊ‿ʃəl‿ju ˈɹiːp/ UK
- /əz‿ju ˈsoʊ soʊ‿ʃəl‿ju ˈɹip/ US
Rhymes with -iːp
Where it comes from
From Galatians 6:7 in the Bible (King James Version; spelling modernized): “Be not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” Compare Hosea 8:7, “For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.”
proverb
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The consequences of one's actions to oneself are in proportion to one's good or bad intentions towards others.
Near-synonyms: as you make your bed, so you must lie in it; (archaic) as you have brewed, so you must drink
Similar: every man is the architect of his own fortune, sow the wind, reap the whirlwind, what goes around comes around, as you make your bed, so you must lie in it, as you have brewed, so you must drink
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proverb consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others — see also sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
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