Galatians 6:7
Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
In Context
6But let him who gets teaching in the word give a part in all good things to his teacher.
Cross References
Job 13:8Will you have respect for God's person in this cause, and put yourselves forward as his supporters?
Proverbs 1:31So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.
Proverbs 6:19A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.
Jeremiah 37:9The Lord has said, Have no false hopes, saying to yourselves, The Chaldaeans will go away from us: for they will not go away.
Hosea 8:7For they have been planting the wind, and their fruit will be the storm; his grain has no stem, it will give no meal, and if it does, a strange nation will take it.
Obadiah 1:3You have been tricked by the pride of your heart, O you whose living-place is in the cracks of the rock, whose house is high up; who has said in his heart, Who will make me come down to earth?
Matthew Henry on Galatians 6:2-11
Tenderness in Reproving; Self-Examination; Spiritual Mindedness and Beneficence. ( a. d. 56.) 1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. 3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. 4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in… Read the whole commentary →