BE NOT DECEIVED, YOU WILL REAP WHAT YOU SOW!

7 Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at-scorned, disdained or mocked [ by mere pretensions or professions, or His precepts being set aside].-He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God. For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap.

8 For he who sows to his own flesh (lower nature, sensuality) will from the flesh reap decay and ruin and destruction; but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap life eternal.
(Galatians 6:7-8). [Amplified Bible].

7-8 The principle of sowing and reaping was known to everyone in a largely agricultural society. It is a vain attempt to "mock" God for a Christian to theink that if he sows to his flesh he can escape the harvest of destruction and judgment that comes upon those who participate in sin (Galatians 5:19-21); Hosea 8:7). Corruption is a term used for a field in which the produce is too rotten to harvest (see Hebrews 6:8). Some interpret corruption to imply eternal destruction, either through losing salvation or through never having been truly saved at all. Others understand a tragic loss of rewards for the carnal believer (see 1 Corinthians 3:12-15; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Revelation 22:12). He who sows to the Spirit will . . . reap everlasting life does not mean that eternal life is earned by works. Rather, Paul is saying that everlasting life is the glorious end of those who follow the guidance of the Spirit. (see Romans 6:22). [THE NKJV STUDY BIBLE Second Edition].

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YOU WILL REAP WHAT YOU SOW!

26 Though his hatred cover itself with guile, his wickedness shall be shown openly before the assembly.
27 Whoever digs a pit [for another man's feet] shall fall into it himself, and he who rolls a stone [up a height to do mischief], it will return upon him. (Proverbs 26:26-27). [Amplified Bible].

On retribution (26:26-27)

26-27 Concealed malice will inevitably be made known. Verse 26 is concerned with how and where evil will be exposed; the sage assumes that righteousness will ultimately be victorious. Verse 27 suggests that whatever people sow they reap. It gives two illustrations-digging a pit and rolling a stone. The digging refers to laying a trap for someone, and rolling it on someone. Measure for measure justice is in view-he will fall into his own pit, or the stone will roll on him. For examples consider Haman (Esther 7:10) and Daniel's enemies (Daniel 6:24-28).
[NIV BIBLE COMMENTARY Volume I: Old Testament].

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THE SEEDS (DEEDS) YOU SOW TODAY, YOU WILL NURSE (MOTHER) IN THE FUTURE!

14 Behold, [the wicked man] conceives iniquity, and is pregnant with mischief, and gives birth to lies.
15 He made a pit, and hollowed it out, and has falledn into the hole which he made [before the trap wa completed].
16 His mischief shall fall back in return upon his own head, and his violence come down [with the loose dirt] upon his own scalp. (Psalm 7:14-16). [Amplified Bible].

IV. Judgment of the Guilty (7:14-16)

14-16 Evil is metaphorically portrayed in these verses in the language of conception and birth. The wicked are filled with evil, as a pregnant woman about to give birth. Once wickedness is born, it grows into "trouble" and "violence" (cf. Mark 7:21-22; James 1:14-15). The certainty of judgment (vv.12-13) and the prevalence of evil find their point of contact in the doctrine of the retribution of evil (cf. Proverbs 26:27; Matthew 26:52).
[NIV BIBLE COMMENTARY Volume I: Old Testament].

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