18 The wicked man earns an empty wage,
but the one who sows righteousness, a true reward.(A)

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17 The result of righteousness will be peace;(A)
the effect of righteousness
will be quiet confidence forever.

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12 Sow righteousness for yourselves(A)
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.(B)
It is time to seek the Lord(C)
until He comes(D) and sends righteousness
on you like the rain.(E)

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12 Do horses gallop on the cliffs;
does anyone plow there with oxen?[a]
Yet you have turned justice into poison(A)
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:12 Some emend to plow the sea

because the one who sows to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit(A) will reap eternal life(B) from the Spirit.

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11 filled with the fruit(A) of righteousness(B) that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory(C) and praise of God.

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