Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. New Living Translation Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. English Standard Version Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. Berean Standard Bible Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. Berean Literal Bible Do not be misled: God is not mocked. For whatever a man might sow, that also he will reap. King James Bible Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. New King James Version Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. New American Standard Bible Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a person sows, this he will also reap. NASB 1995 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. NASB 1977 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. Legacy Standard Bible Do not be deceived, God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. Amplified Bible Do not be deceived, God is not mocked [He will not allow Himself to be ridiculed, nor treated with contempt nor allow His precepts to be scornfully set aside]; for whatever a man sows, this and this only is what he will reap. Christian Standard Bible Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows he will also reap, Holman Christian Standard Bible Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows he will also reap, American Standard Version Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Do not err; God is not put to shame, for anything that a man sows he reaps. Contemporary English Version You cannot fool God, so don't make a fool of yourself! You will harvest what you plant. Douay-Rheims Bible Be not deceived, God is not mocked. English Revised Version Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. GOD'S WORD® Translation Make no mistake about this: You can never make a fool out of God. Whatever you plant is what you'll harvest. Good News Translation Do not deceive yourselves; no one makes a fool of God. You will reap exactly what you plant. International Standard Version Stop being deceived; God is not to be ridiculed. A person harvests whatever he plants: Literal Standard Version Do not be led astray: God is not mocked; for what a man may sow—that he will also reap, Majority Standard Bible Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. New American Bible Make no mistake: God is not mocked, for a person will reap only what he sows, NET Bible Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. For a person will reap what he sows, New Revised Standard Version Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. New Heart English Bible Do not be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a person sows, that he will also reap. Webster's Bible Translation Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Weymouth New Testament Do not deceive yourselves. God is not to be scoffed at. For whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. World English Bible Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. Young's Literal Translation Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow -- that also he shall reap, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Carry One Another's Burdens…6Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor. 7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. 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.… Cross References Job 4:8 As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same. Job 13:9 Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him like a man? Hosea 10:13 You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men, 1 Corinthians 6:9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, 2 Corinthians 9:6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Treasury of Scripture Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap. not. Galatians 6:3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. Job 15:31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence. Jeremiah 37:9 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart. God. Job 13:8,9 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God? … Jude 1:18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. for. Job 4:8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. Proverbs 1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. Proverbs 6:14,19 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord… Jump to Previous Astray Deceive Deceived Grain Led Mocked Puts Reap Reaps Scoffed Seed Sow Soweth Sows Sport Tricked Whatever Whatsoever YourselvesJump to Next Astray Deceive Deceived Grain Led Mocked Puts Reap Reaps Scoffed Seed Sow Soweth Sows Sport Tricked Whatever Whatsoever YourselvesGalatians 6 1. He moves them to deal mildly with a brother who has slipped,2. and to bear one another's burden; 6. to be generous to their teachers, 9. and not weary of well-doing. 12. He shows what they intend that preach circumcision. 14. He glories in nothing, save in the cross of Christ. (7) Be not deceived; God is not mocked.--It is all very well for you to make large professions to which you do not act up. These may deceive others, but do not let them deceive yourselves. Do not think that God will allow you thus to mock Him. It might seem, perhaps, as if the language of this warning was almost too solemn for the occasion (an exhortation to liberality towards teachers), but the Apostle has in his mind the wider scope that he is going to give to his treatment of the subject. In this--and indeed in all this--"with what measure ye meet, it shall be measured to you again." Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap.--Compare especially 2Corinthians 9:6 : "This I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully," where the same metaphor is used in reference to the same thing--liberality in almsgiving. Verse 7. - Be not deceived (Parallel Commentaries ... Greek {Do} notAdverb Strong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether. be deceived: Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4105: To lead astray, deceive, cause to wander. From plane; to roam. God Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. cannot be mocked. μυκτηρίζεται (myktērizetai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 3456: From a derivative of the base of mukaomai; to make mouths at, i.e. Ridicule. Whatever ὃ (ho) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that. a man ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. sows, σπείρῃ (speirē) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 4687: To sow, spread, scatter. Probably strengthened from spao; to scatter, i.e. Sow. he will reap in return. θερίσει (therisei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2325: To reap, gather, harvest. From theros; to harvest. Links Galatians 6:7 NIVGalatians 6:7 NLT Galatians 6:7 ESV Galatians 6:7 NASB Galatians 6:7 KJV Galatians 6:7 BibleApps.com Galatians 6:7 Biblia Paralela Galatians 6:7 Chinese Bible Galatians 6:7 French Bible Galatians 6:7 Catholic Bible NT Letters: Galatians 6:7 Don't be deceived (Gal. Ga) |