reap what one sows

English

It Shoots Further Than He Dreams by John F. Knott, March 1918.

Etymology

With reference to the Bible, Epistle to the Galatians, ch. 6, v.7 Gal.6.7

Verb

reap what one sows

1. (idiomatic) To receive as a reward or harvest in the same measure as one's exertions, in a good or a bad sense. To receive justice.

   For whatever a man is sowing, this he will also reap.

   • 2005, Tuesday November 15, PM Tony Blair, The Guardian

     "We will reap what we sow; live with what we do not act to change," he said.

Translations

receive justice

• Ancient Greek: Ο γὰρ ἐάν σπείρῃ ἄνθρωπος, τοῦτο καὶ θερίσει (O gàr eán speírēi ánthrōpos, toûto kaì therísei)
• Finnish: mitä kylvää, sitä niittää
• French: récolter ce qu’on a semé, qui sème le vent récolte la tempête (fr)
• Greek: όπως στρώσεις, θα κοιμηθείς (ópos stróseis, tha koimitheís)
• Japanese: 業によりて果を引く (ごうによりてかをひく, gō ni yorite ka o hiku)
• Lithuanian: ką pasėsi tą ir pjausi
• Macedonian: што си сеел, тоа ќе жнееш (što si séel, toa ḱe žnéeš)
• Portuguese: colher o que semear

• Romanian: semeni ce aduni
• Russian: как посе́ешь, так и пожнёшь (kak poséješʹ, tak i požnjóšʹ), что посе́ешь, то и пожнёшь (ru) (što poséješʹ, to i požnjóšʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: an nì a chuireas duine is e a bhuaineas e
• Swedish: som man sår får man skörda
• Thai: หว่านพืชเช่นไร ย่อมได้ผลเช่นนั้น (wàan pêut chên rai, yôm dâai pŏn châynánán)
• Turkish: ektiğini biçmek
• Uzbek: ekkaningni o'rasan
• Vietnamese: gieo gió, gặt bão, gieo nhân nào, gặt quả ấy