reap what one sows
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- 1To get the good or bad results you deserve because of what you did or meant to do.
Like a farmer: if you plant corn, you get corn, and if you plant weeds, you get weeds.
Ben was rude to everyone on the team, and now nobody will sit with him at lunch. You reap what you sow.
Maya helped her neighbors for years, so when she got sick, they all came to help her. She reaped what she sowed.
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Origin
This phrase comes from the Bible, from Galatians 6:7, which says that whatever a man plants, he will also gather.