Sows the wind

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What is the meaning of “sows the wind, reaps the whirlwind”?

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Seamus_Sully said:
What is the meaning of “sows the wind, reaps the whirlwind”?

I hope that I spelled the words correctly, thanks!
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Just as with any scripture, you must take the entire story in context. Here, we see an admonition for not following the laws God set forth. They are being told that they will be punished for their mistakes and that the worshiping of the idol will yield only punishment.
In other words, they’re going to catch heck for messing with the Almighty.

From Hosea 8:

When they sow the wind, they shall reap the whirlwind; The stalk of grain that forms no ear can yield no flour; Even if it could, strangers would swallow it.
 
An agricultural people understand that a farmer who sows expects to receive an increase back in what he has sown: each grain of wheat sown can produce an ear with hundreds of new grains, a chicken hatched from a single egg may lay hundreds of eggs over a productive lifetime, then make a delicious soup, etc.

Grains of wheat and eggs are good things. Jesus also tells us that those who sow bad things will also recieve back an increase of bad things, as in the tares that were sown in the field by the enemy in a different parable. Or in this example under discussion, where Jesus tells that those who sow the wind (a small destructive force) will reap the whirlwind (a large destructive force.)
 
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