"as you sow, so shall you reap" meaning in English

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Proverb

IPA: /əz‿ju ˈsəʊ səʊ‿ʃəl‿ju ˈɹiːp/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əz‿ju ˈsoʊ soʊ‿ʃəl‿ju ˈɹip/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-as you sow, so shall you reap.ogg
Rhymes: -iːp 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.” Head templates: {{head|en|proverb}} as you sow, so shall you reap
  1. 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, bring one's own hide to market, fuck around and find out, karma, Leopards Eating People's Faces Party, make one's bed and lie in it, play stupid games, win stupid prizes, stew in one's juices Translations (consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others): كَمَا تَدِينَ تُدَانُ (alt: كَمَا تَزْرَعَ تَحْصِدُ) (Arabic), ինչ որ ցանես, էն կհնձես (inčʻ or cʻanes, ēn khnjes) (Armenian), какво́то посе́еш, това́ ще пожъ́неш (kakvóto poséeš, tová šte požǎ́neš) (Bulgarian), tal faràs, tal trobaràs (Catalan), 出乎爾者、反乎爾者也 (Chinese Mandarin), 出乎尔者、反乎尔者也 (Chinese Mandarin), 出乎尔者、反乎尔者 (chūhūěrzhě, fǎnhūěrzhěyě) (Chinese Mandarin), 種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆 (Chinese Mandarin), 种瓜得瓜 (Chinese Mandarin), 种豆得豆 (zhòngguādéguā, zhǒngdòudédòu) (Chinese Mandarin), 種瓜得瓜 (Chinese Mandarin), 种瓜得瓜 (zhòngguādéguā) (Chinese Mandarin), 種豆得豆 (Chinese Mandarin), 种豆得豆 (zhǒngdòudédòu) (Chinese Mandarin), man ligger som man reder (Danish), wat je zaait zul je oogsten (Dutch), sjálvgjørt er væl gjørt (Faroese), sitä niittää mitä kylvää (Finnish), vous récolterez ce que vous semez (French), quen pariu que arrole (Galician), colleitar o que sementaches (Galician), რასაც დასთეს იმას მოიმკი (rasac dastes imas moimḳi) (Georgian), man erntet was man sät (German), όπως στρώσεις, θα κοιμηθείς (ópos stróseis, tha koimitheís) (Greek), जैसी करनी वैसी भरनी (jaisī karnī vaisī bharnī) (Hindi), ki mint vet, úgy arat (Hungarian), raccogli quello che semini (Italian), 蒔いた種は刈らねばならない (maita tane wa karaneba naranai) (Japanese), 爾に出ずる者は、爾に反える (nanji ni izuru mono wa, nanji ni kaeru) (Japanese), 콩 심은 데 콩 나고 팥 심은 데 팥 난다 (kong simeun de kong nago pat simeun de pat nanda) (Korean), што ќе посееш, тоа ќе ти никне (što ḱe poseeš, toa ḱe ti nikne) (Macedonian), што ќе посееш, тоа ќе жнееш (što ḱe poseeš, toa ḱe žneeš) (Macedonian), ညံၚ်ဗှ်ေဒြာတ်၊ ဆၜိုတ်ရတ်ဩောံဏောၚ်။ (ñaṃṅ bhe drāt, chaṗiut ratʼooṃ ṇoṅ.) (Mon), کسی که خربزه میخورد، پای لرزش هم مینشیند (Persian), kto sieje wiatr, zbiera burzę (Polish), você colhe o que planta (Portuguese), ce semeni, aia culegi (Romanian), culegi ceea ce semeni (Romanian), как ау́кнется, так и откли́кнется (kak aúknetsja, tak i otklíknetsja) (Russian), как посе́ешь, так и пожнёшь (kak poséješʹ, tak i požnjóšʹ) (Russian), кто се́ет ветер, пожнёт бу́рю (kto séjet veter, požnjót búrju) (Russian), что посе́ешь, то и пожнёшь (što poséješʹ, to i požnjóšʹ) (Russian), kto seje vietor, búrku žne (Slovak), kakor boš sejal, tako boš žel (Slovene), som man bäddar får man ligga (Swedish), som man sår får man skörda (Swedish), ne ekersen onu biçersin (Turkish), جیسے کرنی ویسے بھرنی (jaise karnī vaise bharnī) (Urdu), gieo nhân nào gặt quả nấy (Vietnamese)
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          "alt": "كَمَا تَزْرَعَ تَحْصِدُ",
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          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "كَمَا تَدِينَ تُدَانُ"
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          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
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          "roman": "kakvóto poséeš, tová šte požǎ́neš",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "какво́то посе́еш, това́ ще пожъ́неш"
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        {
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "tal faràs, tal trobaràs"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "出乎爾者、反乎爾者也"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "出乎尔者、反乎尔者也"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chūhūěrzhě, fǎnhūěrzhěyě",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "出乎尔者、反乎尔者"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "种瓜得瓜"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhòngguādéguā, zhǒngdòudédòu",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "种豆得豆"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "種瓜得瓜"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhòngguādéguā",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "种瓜得瓜"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "種豆得豆"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhǒngdòudédòu",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "种豆得豆"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "man ligger som man reder"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "wat je zaait zul je oogsten"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "sjálvgjørt er væl gjørt"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "sitä niittää mitä kylvää"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "vous récolterez ce que vous semez"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "quen pariu que arrole"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "colleitar o que sementaches"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "rasac dastes imas moimḳi",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "რასაც დასთეს იმას მოიმკი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "man erntet was man sät"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ópos stróseis, tha koimitheís",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "όπως στρώσεις, θα κοιμηθείς"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "jaisī karnī vaisī bharnī",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "जैसी करनी वैसी भरनी"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "ki mint vet, úgy arat"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "raccogli quello che semini"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "悪事身に返る (akuji mi ni kaeru, literally “your evil deeds come back to you”)",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "maita tane wa karaneba naranai",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "蒔いた種は刈らねばならない"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nanji ni izuru mono wa, nanji ni kaeru",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "爾に出ずる者は、爾に反える"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "kong simeun de kong nago pat simeun de pat nanda",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "콩 심은 데 콩 나고 팥 심은 데 팥 난다"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "što ḱe poseeš, toa ḱe ti nikne",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "што ќе посееш, тоа ќе ти никне"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "što ḱe poseeš, toa ḱe žneeš",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "што ќе посееш, тоа ќе жнееш"
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        {
          "code": "mnw",
          "lang": "Mon",
          "roman": "ñaṃṅ bhe drāt, chaṗiut ratʼooṃ ṇoṅ.",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "ညံၚ်ဗှ်ေဒြာတ်၊ ဆၜိုတ်ရတ်ဩောံဏောၚ်။"
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        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "کسی که خربزه میخورد، پای لرزش هم مینشیند"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "kto sieje wiatr, zbiera burzę"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "você colhe o que planta"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "ce semeni, aia culegi"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "culegi ceea ce semeni"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kak aúknetsja, tak i otklíknetsja",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "как ау́кнется, так и откли́кнется"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kak poséješʹ, tak i požnjóšʹ",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "как посе́ешь, так и пожнёшь"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kto séjet veter, požnjót búrju",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "кто се́ет ветер, пожнёт бу́рю"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "što poséješʹ, to i požnjóšʹ",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "что посе́ешь, то и пожнёшь"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "kto seje vietor, búrku žne"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "kakor boš sejal, tako boš žel"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "som man bäddar får man ligga"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "som man sår får man skörda"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "ne ekersen onu biçersin"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "jaise karnī vaise bharnī",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "جیسے کرنی ویسے بھرنی"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
          "word": "gieo nhân nào gặt quả nấy"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/əz‿ju ˈsəʊ səʊ‿ʃəl‿ju ˈɹiːp/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əz‿ju ˈsoʊ soʊ‿ʃəl‿ju ˈɹip/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-as you sow, so shall you reap.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/En-au-as_you_sow%2C_so_shall_you_reap.ogg/En-au-as_you_sow%2C_so_shall_you_reap.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/En-au-as_you_sow%2C_so_shall_you_reap.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "as you sow, so shall you reap"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "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.”",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "reap what one sows"
    },
    {
      "word": "bring one's own hide to market"
    },
    {
      "word": "fuck around and find out"
    },
    {
      "word": "karma"
    },
    {
      "word": "Leopards Eating People's Faces Party"
    },
    {
      "word": "make one's bed and lie in it"
    },
    {
      "word": "play stupid games, win stupid prizes"
    },
    {
      "word": "stew in one's juices"
    }
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        "English multiword terms",
        "English proverbs",
        "English terms derived from the Bible",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:English/iːp",
        "Rhymes:English/iːp/7 syllables",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Faroese translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Mon translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Urdu translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonyms: as you make your bed, so you must lie in it; (archaic) as you have brewed, so you must drink"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The consequences of one's actions to oneself are in proportion to one's good or bad intentions towards others."
      ],
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          "consequence",
          "consequence"
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          "actions",
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          "proportion",
          "proportion#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "bad",
          "bad#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "intentions",
          "intention#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "every man is the architect of his own fortune"
        },
        {
          "word": "sow the wind, reap the whirlwind"
        },
        {
          "word": "what goes around comes around"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əz‿ju ˈsəʊ səʊ‿ʃəl‿ju ˈɹiːp/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əz‿ju ˈsoʊ soʊ‿ʃəl‿ju ˈɹip/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-as you sow, so shall you reap.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/En-au-as_you_sow%2C_so_shall_you_reap.ogg/En-au-as_you_sow%2C_so_shall_you_reap.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/En-au-as_you_sow%2C_so_shall_you_reap.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːp"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "alt": "كَمَا تَزْرَعَ تَحْصِدُ",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "كَمَا تَدِينَ تُدَانُ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "inčʻ or cʻanes, ēn khnjes",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "ինչ որ ցանես, էն կհնձես"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kakvóto poséeš, tová šte požǎ́neš",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "какво́то посе́еш, това́ ще пожъ́неш"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "tal faràs, tal trobaràs"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "出乎爾者、反乎爾者也"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "出乎尔者、反乎尔者也"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chūhūěrzhě, fǎnhūěrzhěyě",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "出乎尔者、反乎尔者"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "种瓜得瓜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhòngguādéguā, zhǒngdòudédòu",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "种豆得豆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "種瓜得瓜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhòngguādéguā",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "种瓜得瓜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "種豆得豆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǒngdòudédòu",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "种豆得豆"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "man ligger som man reder"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "wat je zaait zul je oogsten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "sjálvgjørt er væl gjørt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "sitä niittää mitä kylvää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "vous récolterez ce que vous semez"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "quen pariu que arrole"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "colleitar o que sementaches"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "rasac dastes imas moimḳi",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "რასაც დასთეს იმას მოიმკი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "man erntet was man sät"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ópos stróseis, tha koimitheís",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "όπως στρώσεις, θα κοιμηθείς"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jaisī karnī vaisī bharnī",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "जैसी करनी वैसी भरनी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "ki mint vet, úgy arat"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "raccogli quello che semini"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "悪事身に返る (akuji mi ni kaeru, literally “your evil deeds come back to you”)",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "maita tane wa karaneba naranai",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "蒔いた種は刈らねばならない"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nanji ni izuru mono wa, nanji ni kaeru",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "爾に出ずる者は、爾に反える"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kong simeun de kong nago pat simeun de pat nanda",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "콩 심은 데 콩 나고 팥 심은 데 팥 난다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "što ḱe poseeš, toa ḱe ti nikne",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "што ќе посееш, тоа ќе ти никне"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "što ḱe poseeš, toa ḱe žneeš",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "што ќе посееш, тоа ќе жнееш"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnw",
      "lang": "Mon",
      "roman": "ñaṃṅ bhe drāt, chaṗiut ratʼooṃ ṇoṅ.",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "ညံၚ်ဗှ်ေဒြာတ်၊ ဆၜိုတ်ရတ်ဩောံဏောၚ်။"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "کسی که خربزه میخورد، پای لرزش هم مینشیند"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "kto sieje wiatr, zbiera burzę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "você colhe o que planta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "ce semeni, aia culegi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "culegi ceea ce semeni"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kak aúknetsja, tak i otklíknetsja",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "как ау́кнется, так и откли́кнется"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kak poséješʹ, tak i požnjóšʹ",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "как посе́ешь, так и пожнёшь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kto séjet veter, požnjót búrju",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "кто се́ет ветер, пожнёт бу́рю"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "što poséješʹ, to i požnjóšʹ",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "что посе́ешь, то и пожнёшь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "kto seje vietor, búrku žne"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "kakor boš sejal, tako boš žel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "som man bäddar får man ligga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "som man sår får man skörda"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "ne ekersen onu biçersin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "jaise karnī vaise bharnī",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "جیسے کرنی ویسے بھرنی"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others",
      "word": "gieo nhân nào gặt quả nấy"
    }
  ],
  "word": "as you sow, so shall you reap"
}

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