as you sow, so shall you reap

English

WOTD – 25 August 2022

Etymology

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.”[1]

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əz‿ju ˈsəʊ səʊ‿ʃəl‿ju ˈɹiːp/
(General American) IPA^(key): /əz‿ju ˈsoʊ soʊ‿ʃəl‿ju ˈɹip/
Audio (AU) (file)
Rhymes: -iːp

Proverb

as you sow, so shall you reap

The consequences of one's actions to oneself are in proportion to one's good or bad intentions towards others.
Synonyms: every man is the architect of his own fortune; sow the wind, reap the whirlwind; what goes around comes around

Related terms

reap what one sows

Translations

consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others

Arabic: كَمَا تَدِينَ تُدَانُ (كَمَا تَزْرَعَ تَحْصِدُ)‎ (kamā tadīna tudānu (kamā tazraʿa taḥṣidu))
Armenian: ինչ որ ցանես, էն կհնձես (inčʿ or cʿanes, ēn khnjes)
Catalan: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 出乎爾者、反乎爾者也／出乎尔者、反乎尔者也, 出乎尔者、反乎尔者 (chūhūěrzhě, fǎnhūěrzhěyě), 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆／种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆 (zh) (zhòngguādéguā, zhǒngdòudédòu), 種瓜得瓜／种瓜得瓜 (zh) (zhòngguādéguā), 種豆得豆／种豆得豆 (zh) (zhǒngdòudédòu)
Danish: man ligger som man reder
Dutch: wat je zaait zul je oogsten
Faroese: sjálvgjørt er væl gjørt
Finnish: sitä niittää mitä kylvää
French: vous récolterez ce que vous semez
Georgian: რასაც დასთეს იმას მოიმკი (rasac dastes imas moimḳi)
German: man erntet was man sät
Greek: όπως στρώσεις, θα κοιμηθείς (ópos stróseis, tha koimitheís)
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Hindi: जैसी करणी वैशी भरणी (jaisī karṇī vaiśī bharṇī)
Hungarian: ki mint vet, úgy arat (hu)
Italian: raccogli quello che semini
Japanese: 悪事身に返る (akuji mi ni kaeru, literally “your evil deeds come back to you”), 蒔いた種は刈らねばならない (maita tane wa karaneba naranai), 爾に出ずる者は、爾に反える (nanji ni izuru mono wa, nanji ni kaeru)
Korean: 콩 심은 데 콩 나고 팥 심은 데 팥 난다 (ko) (kong simeun de kong nago pat simeun de pat nanda)
Macedonian: што ќе посееш, тоа ќе ти никне (što ḱe poseeš, toa ḱe ti nikne); што ќе посееш, тоа ќе жнееш (što ḱe poseeš, toa ḱe žneeš)
Persian: کسی که خربزه میخورد، پای لرزش هم مینشیند‎
Polish: kto sieje wiatr, zbiera burzę
Portuguese: você colhe o que planta
Romanian: ce semeni, aia culegi; culegi ceea ce semeni
Russian: как ау́кнется, так и откли́кнется (ru) (kak aúknetsja, tak i otklíknetsja), как посе́ешь, так и пожнёшь (kak poséješʹ, tak i požnjóšʹ), кто се́ет ветер, пожнёт бу́рю (kto séjet veter, požnjót búrju), что посе́ешь, то и пожнёшь (što poséješʹ, to i požnjóšʹ)
Slovene: kakor boš sejal, tako boš žel
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: som man bäddar får man ligga, som man sår får man skörda
Mon: ညံၚ်ဗှ်ေဒြာတ်၊ ဆၜိုတ်ရတ်ဩောံဏောၚ်။‎ (ñaṃṅ bhe drāt, chaṗiut ratʼooṃ ṇoṅ.)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: ne ekersen onu biçersin
Urdu: جیسے کرنی ویسے بھرنی‎ (jaise karnī vaise bharnī)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

References

The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, OCLC 964384981, Galatians 6:7, column 2: “Be not deceiued, God is not mocked: for whatſoeuer a man ſoweth, that ſhall he alſo reape.”