Galatians 6:7

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“Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.”

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BSBPD

“Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Galatians 6:7 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 4:8As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
  2. Job 13:8Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?
  3. Job 15:31Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.
  4. Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
  5. Proverbs 6:14With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
  6. Proverbs 6:19a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
  7. Proverbs 11:18The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
  8. Jeremiah 37:9This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!
  9. Ezekiel 14:5so that I may take hold of the hearts of the people of Israel. For because of their idols, they are all estranged from Me.’
  10. Hosea 8:7For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
  11. Hosea 10:12Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
  12. Obadiah 1:3The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
  13. Luke 16:25But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
  14. Luke 21:8Jesus answered, “See to it that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.
  15. Romans 2:6God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”
  16. 1 Corinthians 3:18Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
  17. 1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
  18. 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
  19. 2 Corinthians 9:6Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
  20. Galatians 6:3If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
  21. Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
  22. 2 Thessalonians 2:3Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.
  23. James 1:22Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
  24. James 1:26If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.

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