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You reap what u sow?
when people say that u reap what u sow, doesn't that just mean every generation has done soemthing wrong/bad..... in order for the next generation to do something bad... if some one could explan something to me or whatever about what they think...thanks.
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- .Lv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
you reap what you sow relates to the same person / organisation it does not go accross generations.
It means if you do bad things bad things will happen to you.
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p.s like the fact that you cant decide how u wish to spell you
- 1 decade ago
In order for "you reap what you sow" to be entirely true
then life would have to be an exact science which can't
be true considering free will. However, I do believe that
to sow nothing is to reap nothing. Therefore, to sow is
a good practice, sometimes what is reaped is more than
what is sowed and sometimes it is less. The act of
sowing often puts chain reactions into effect that are
beyond the sower's observation.
- morgan jLv 41 decade ago
That you reap what you sow comes directly from the bible. It means that what you plant is what you grow but never in the same proportion. If you plant ten seeds, do you reap ten more grains? No, each seed yields ten or more grains.
If you sow kindness to a stranger, many more will show kindness to you. If you poison your neighbors goat, your whole herd will be lost. Great good for good and for evil, greater evil.
Source(s): www.biblegateway.com/keyword/ - Anonymous5 years ago
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
I used to think that it is only applicable to the person doing the bad deed but it could be applicable to the society or even the nation as well. Slavery or class or caste system in India has proved that the next generation also suffers the consequences of the bad karma of the previous generation. What militant Islamic groups is doing today will have adverse consequences for the next generation I'm sure.
- 1 decade ago
You reap what u sow refers to karma! If u do something bad, it will come back to u! It means that when u do something wrong to someone or something, It will only come back to hurt you! I hope I answered your question! Have a wonderful day! (lol!)
- Anonymous1 decade ago
To me it means that we make our lives and bring things into our lives depending on what we have done previously. If you sow good things, your life becomes better. If you sow bad things, bad things evolve. Stated differently, the end justifies the means. There is a hidden justice in life.
- SophistLv 71 decade ago
Reap what you sow means:
Plant honesty, you reap trust
Plant goodness, you reap friends
Plant humility, you reap greatness
Plant perseverance, you reap victory
Plant consideration, you reap harmony
Plant hard work, you reap success
Plant forgiveness, you reap reconciliation
Plant openness, you reap intimacy
Plant patience, you reap improvements
Plant courage, you reap the world
Plant faith, you reap miracles
It is in this regard
that I say to you
`The seed you plant today becomes the crop you reap tomorrow.
So scatter your seeds carefully to make your life free of sorrow.
If you throw them to the winds of fortune,
you shall surely reap the consequences on the morrow‘”
Source(s): The Emperor's Seeds (c) - 1 decade ago
Dear Friend, allow me to share with you this wonderful article i found in an open forum. I hope it can provide you with rich insights about 'You reap what u sow?'
Good Will Be Rewarded With Good and Evil Will Receive Retribution
By Qingyan
(Clearwisdom.net) In the Ming Dynasty, there was a student who lived in the mid-Chu area. He had the supernormal capability of visiting hell and coming back. In hell he discovered that the saying, "Good will be rewarded with good and evil will receive retribution," was true. He saw a book in hell that documented all the good and bad deeds everyone on earth had done, and saw that everyone will receive their rewards or retribution accordingly. He felt bad for the ones suffering punishment, who he could see were climbing mountains made of swords and knives at their own peril. He wanted to save them, yet those people did not accept his help, and continued climbing even more anxiously. There was no way to save them at all.
In the context of this article, "creating karma" is the opposite of "accumulating virtue" that is often talked about by older folks in China. One will be rewarded with good fortune when one does good deeds, and receive punishment when one does bad deeds. "Karma" and "virtue" are substances of real material existence. Many cultivators and persons with supernormal capabilities have seen this.
One day, that student saw on the record book in hell that his wife had stolen a chicken from their neighbor; the chicken weighed 1 Jin 12 Liang (ancient China measuring unit, about 2 pounds). The person folded that page to make a mark in the book.
When he came back to the world of the living, he asked his wife about the chicken she stole and she denied it. He told his wife what he saw in the book, and she then told him the truth. The incident with the chicken had come about because their neighbor's chicken ate the grains his wife was drying in the sun. The wife accidentally killed it when chasing it. Afraid that the neighbor would be upset with her, she did not tell anyone and hid the dead chicken.
The couple was surprised that the book in hell had a record about this. They found the dead chicken and weighed it, and it was exactly 1 Jin 12 Liang. The couple immediately paid their neighbor for the loss and apologized.
Several days later, the person went to the hell again to check the book. He found where he had folded that page, but the record about his wife stealing the chicken had disappeared.
This story shows us that gods are watching, and any bad deeds will eventually hurt the person who committed them. This story also shows that as long as we correct our mistakes, we have the opportunity to avoid retribution. It all depends on our own choices.
March 29, 2007
Posting date: 4/13/2007
Original article date: 4/13/2007
Category: Open Forum
Translated on 4/6/2007
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2007/4/2/151853...
- 4 years ago
What is the Context of the scripture? Ch. 1: If we or any angel preach any other Gospel other than what I teach Christ finished work alone, let them be accursed. The context is in Ch. 2 that Christians were being told that they needed to obey the Law with circumcision in Galatians. Ch. 3 - 5 Who has bewitched you having begun perfect in the Spirit in Christ, now trying to do it in the flesh by keeping the Law. Little leaven of the Law will take over the all of the dough of faith. If you seek justification from Law, you fallen from grace. Context: You who sow to the flesh will of the flesh reap corruption which leads to death. You who sow to the Spirit will lead to life. Those that are in the flesh cannot please God. Why? Because they are outside of Christ unregenerate sowing to the flesh, but those in Christ spiritually regenerate sow to the Spirit that leads to life. Those who are in Christ crucified the flesh and its emotions to finish chapter 5. Ch. 6 Brothers, You who are spiritual restore one considering yourself, lest you fall into the same condemnation under the Law. Ch. 6 finishes with I am crucified to the world and the world is crucified to me in Christ. Whether circumcision or circumcision, the only thing that avails is a new creation (New creation in Christ as spiritually regenerated). Check out this YouTube video on you reap what you sow: https://youtu.be/gbsPCAPD_XU