they that sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind
- they that sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind
The proverb is also used as a metaphorical phrase to sow the wind (and reap the whirlwind). With allusion to HOSEA viii. 7 (AV) They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
1583 J. PRIME Fruitful & Brief Discourse II. 203 They who sowed a winde, shall reap a whirlewind, but they that sowed in iustice shall reape mercie.
1853 G. W. CURTIS in Putnam’s Magazine Apr. 386 Ask the Rev. Cream Cheese to..preach from this text: ‘They that sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind.’
1923 O. DAVIS Icebound III. 98 Well—what’s passed is passed. Folks that plant the wind reap the whirlwind!
1981 J. STUBBS Ironmaster xvii. I know that he who sows the wind shall reap the whirlwind. I dislodge a clod of earth, and start a landslide.
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