James 3:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.”
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“Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo James 3:18 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 11:18The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
- Proverbs 11:28He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.
- Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
- Isaiah 32:16Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.
- 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.
- Amos 6:12“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
- Matthew 5:9Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
- John 4:36Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.
- Galatians 6:8The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
- Philippians 1:11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
- Hebrews 12:11No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
- James 1:20for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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