as you sow, so shall you reap

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• Received-Pronunciation: /əz‿ju ˈsəʊ səʊ‿ʃəl‿ju ˈɹiːp/
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• General-American: /əz‿ju ˈsoʊ soʊ‿ʃəl‿ju ˈɹip/
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• rhymes with -iːp
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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.”

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: boontjie kry sy loontjie — 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
• Arabic: كَمَا تَدِينَ تُدَانُ — 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
• Armenian: ինչ որ ցանես, էն կհնձես (inčʻ or cʻanes, ēn khnjes) — 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
• Azerbaijani: nə əkərsən, onu da biçərsən — 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
• Bulgarian: какво́то посе́еш, това́ ще пожъ́неш (kakvóto poséeš, tová šte požǎ́neš) — 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
• Catalan: tal faràs, tal trobaràs — 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
• Chinese Mandarin: 出乎爾者、反乎爾者也 /出乎尔者、反乎尔者也 — 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
• Chinese Mandarin: 出乎尔者、反乎尔者 (chūhūěrzhě, fǎnhūěrzhěyě) — 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
• Chinese Mandarin: 種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆 /种瓜得瓜 — 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
• Chinese Mandarin: 种豆得豆 (zhòngguādéguā, zhǒngdòudédòu) — 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
• Chinese Mandarin: 種瓜得瓜 /种瓜得瓜 (zhòngguādéguā) — 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
• Chinese Mandarin: 種豆得豆 /种豆得豆 (zhǒngdòudédòu) — 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
• Danish: man ligger som man reder — 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
• Dutch: wat je zaait zul je oogsten — 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
• Faroese: sjálvgjørt er væl gjørt — 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
• Finnish: sitä niittää mitä kylvää — 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
• Finnish: mitä kylvää, sitä niittää — 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
• French: on récolte ce que l'on sème — 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
• Galician: quen pariu que arrole — 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
• Galician: colleitar o que sementaches — 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
• Georgian: რასაც დასთეს იმას მოიმკი (rasac dastes imas moimḳi) — 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
• German: man erntet, was man sät — 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
• Greek: όπως στρώσεις, θα κοιμηθείς (ópos stróseis, tha koimitheís) — 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
• Ancient Greek: ὃ γὰρ ἐὰν σπείρῃ ἄνθρωπος, τοῦτο καὶ θερίσει (hò gàr eàn speírēi ánthrōpos, toûto kaì therísei) — 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
• Hindi: जैसी करनी वैसी भरनी (jaisī karnī vaisī bharnī) — 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
• Hungarian: ki mint vet, úgy arat — 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
• Indonesian: ada ubi ada talas, ada budi ada balas — 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
• Italian: raccogli quello che semini — 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
• Italian: si raccoglie ciò che si semina — 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
• Japanese: 蒔いた種は刈らねばならない (maita tane wa karaneba naranai) — 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
• Japanese: 爾に出ずる者は、爾に反える (nanji ni izuru mono wa, nanji ni kaeru) — 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
• Korean: 콩 심은 데 콩 나고 팥 심은 데 팥 난다 (kong simeun de kong nago pat simeun de pat nanda) — 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
• Lithuanian: ką pasėsi tą ir pjausi — 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
• Macedonian: што ќе посееш, тоа ќе ти никне (što ḱe poseeš, toa ḱe ti nikne) — 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
• Macedonian: што ќе посееш, тоа ќе жнееш (što ḱe poseeš, toa ḱe žneeš) — 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
• Mon: ညံၚ်ဗှ်ေဒြာတ်၊ ဆၜိုတ်ရတ်ဩောံဏောၚ်။ (ñaṃṅ bhe drāt, chaṗiut ratʼooṃ ṇoṅ.) — 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
• Pannonian Rusyn: яке шаце яке жаце (jake šace jake žace) — 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
• Pannonian Rusyn: яка шатва така жатва (jaka šatva taka žatva) — 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
• Persian: کسی که خربزه میخورد، پای لرزش هم مینشیند — 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
• Polish: kto sieje wiatr, zbiera burzę — 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
• Polish: nawarzyłeś piwa, to musisz je teraz wypić — 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
• Portuguese: você colhe o que planta — 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
• Romanian: ce semeni, aia culegi — 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
• Romanian: culegi ceea ce semeni — 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
• Russian: как ау́кнется, так и откли́кнется (kak aúknetsja, tak i otklíknetsja) — 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
• Russian: как посе́ешь, так и пожнёшь (kak poséješʹ, tak i požnjóšʹ) — 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
• Russian: кто се́ет ветер, пожнёт бу́рю (kto séjet veter, požnjót búrju) — 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
• Russian: что посе́ешь, то и пожнёшь (što poséješʹ, to i požnjóšʹ) — 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
• Scottish Gaelic: an nì a chuireas duine is e a bhuaineas e — 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
• Serbo-Croatian: kakva setva takva žetva — 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
• Slovene: kakor boš sejal, tako boš žel — 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
• Spanish: lo que siembras, cosechas — 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
• Swahili: aamiaye kunde ndiye mla kunde — 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
• Swedish: som man bäddar får man ligga — 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
• Swedish: som man sår får man skörda — 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
• Swedish: man skördar det man sår — 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
• Tamil: வினை விதைத்தவன் வினை அறுப்பான் (viṉai vitaittavaṉ viṉai aṟuppāṉ) — 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
• Turkish: ne ekersen onu biçersin — 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
• Urdu: جیسے کرنی ویسے بھرنی (jaise karnī vaise bharnī) — 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
• Vietnamese: gieo nhân nào gặt quả nấy — 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
• Vietnamese: gieo gió, gặt bão — 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
• Vietnamese: gieo nhân nào, gặt quả ấy — 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