Galatians 6:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Galatians 6:7 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 9:6
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
Hosea 10:12
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Job 4:8
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Romans 2:6-10
Who will render to every man according to his deeds: …
1 Corinthians 15:33
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Topics

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-10)

The apostle having, in the foregoing chapter, exhorted Christians by love to serve one another (Gal. 5:13), and also cautioned us (Gal. 5:16) against a temper which, if indulged, would hinder us from showing the mutual love and serviceableness which he had recommended, in the beginning of this chapter he proceeds to give some further directions, which, if duly observed, would both promote the one…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 7)

7. God is not mocked--The Greek verb is, literally, to sneer with the nostrils drawn up in contempt. God does not suffer Himself to be imposed on by empty words: He will judge according to works, which are seeds sown for eternity of either joy or woe. Excuses for illiberality in God’s cause (Ga 6:6) seem valid before men, but are not so before God (Psa 50:21). soweth--especially of his resources (…