James 3:18 “Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.”

James 3:18

Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

World English Bible

Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

American Standard Version

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the fruite of righteousnesse is sowen in peace, of them that make peace.

Darby Translation

But [the] fruit of righteousness in peace is sown for them that make peace.

Young's Literal Translation

and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.

Bible in Basic English

And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.

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Cross references

“the fruit”

Matthew 5:9 Hosea 10:12 Philippians 1:11 Proverbs 11:30 Proverbs 11:18 John 4:36

Matthew 5:9 · BSB

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.

Hosea 10:12 · BSB

Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.

Philippians 1:11 · BSB

filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Proverbs 11:30 · BSB

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

Proverbs 11:18 · BSB

The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.

John 4:36 · BSB

Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

Also

Galatians 6:8 Amos 6:12

Galatians 6:8 · BSB

The 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.

Amos 6:12 · BSB

“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.

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