reap what one sows

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Verb

1. (idiomatic) To receive as a reward or harvest in the same measure as one's exertions, in a good or a bad sense. To receive justice.

   For whatever a man is sowing, this he will also reap.

   • 2005, Tuesday November 15, PM Tony Blair, The Guardian

     "We will reap what we sow; live with what we do not act to change," he said.

Translations

• French: récolter ce qu’on a semé, qui sème le vent récolte la tempête
• German: wer Wind sät, wird Sturm ernten
• Italian: si raccoglie ciò che si semina
• Portuguese: colher o que semear
• Russian: как посе́ешь, так и пожнёшь

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