WIST Quotations

Bible, Vol. 2. New Testament -- Book 9. Letter to the Galatians 6: 7 (Gal 6:7) [KJV (1611)]

Dave — Wed, 25 May 2016 16:57:34 +0000

For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

[ὃ γὰρ ἐὰν σπείρῃ ἄνθρωπος τοῦτο καὶ θερίσει.]

The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Book 9. Letter to the Galatians 6: 7 (Gal 6:7) [KJV (1611)]
(Source)

(Source (Greek)). Alternate translations:

Where a man sows, there he reaps.
[JB (1966)]

You will reap exactly what you plant.
[GNT (1976)]

Whatever someone sows, that is what he will reap.
[NJB (1985)]

A person will harvest what they plant.
[CEB (2011)]

For you reap whatever you sow.
[NRSV (2021 ed.)]

De Stael, Germaine -- (Attributed)

Dave — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 21:24:13 +0000

Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.

Germaine de Staël (1766-1817) Swiss-French writer, woman of letters, critic, salonist [Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein, Madame de Staël, Madame Necker]
(Attributed)

In J. D. Finod (trans.), A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1880).

Fuller, Thomas (1654) -- Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs (compiler), # 2289 (1732)

Dave — Fri, 23 May 2014 18:29:35 +0000

He that scattereth Thorns must not go Barefoot.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs (compiler), # 2289 (1732)
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