as you sow, so shall you reap

English

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

(idiomatic) The personal consequences of one's actions are in proportion to the good or bad intentions towards others.

consequences of actions are in proportion to intentions

Armenian: ինչ որ ցանես, էն կհնձես (inčʿ or cʿanes, ēn khnjes)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆 (zh), 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆 (zh) (zhòngguādéguā, zhǒngdòudédòu) (Literally: sow melons and you get melons, sow beans and you get beans), 種瓜得瓜 (zh), 种瓜得瓜 (zh) (zhòngguādéguā), 種豆得豆 (zh), 种豆得豆 (zh) (zhǒngdòudédòu), 出乎爾者、反乎爾者也。
Danish: man ligger som man reder
Faroese: sjálvgjørt er væl gjørt
French: vous récolterez ce que vous semez
Georgian: რასაც დასთეს იმას მოიმკი (rasac dastes imas moimḳi)
German: man erntet was man sät
Greek: όπως στρώσεις, θα κοιμηθείς (ópos stróseis, tha koimitheís)
Hungarian: ki mint vet, úgy arat (hu)

Italian: raccogli quello che semini
Japanese: 蒔いた種は刈らねばならない (まいたたねはからねばならない, maita tane wa karaneba naranai), 爾に出ずる者は、爾に反える (なんじにいずるものは、なんじにかえる, nanji ni izuru mono wa, nanji ni kaeru), 悪事身に返る (akuji mi ni kaeru (your evil deeds come back to you))
Korean: 콩 심은 데 콩 나고 팥 심은 데 팥 난다 (ko) (kong sim-eun de kong nago pat sim-eun de pat nanda)
Polish: kto sieje wiatr, zbiera burzę
Portuguese: você colhe o que planta
Russian: как посе́ешь, так и пожнёшь (kak poséješʹ, tak i požnjóšʹ), что посе́ешь, то и пожнёшь (ru) (što poséješʹ, to i požnjóšʹ), как ау́кнется, так и откли́кнется (ru) (kak aúknetsja, tak i otklíknetsja), кто се́ет ветер, пожнёт бу́рю (kto séjet veter, požnjót búrju)
Slovene: kakor boš sejal, tako boš žel
Swedish: som man sår får man skörda, som man bäddar får man ligga
Urdu: جیسے کرنی ویسے بھرنی‎ (jaise karni waise bharni)

Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, →ISBN, p. 16.

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