Careful Words

reap (v.)

As the ancients

Say wisely, have a care o' th' main chance,

And look before you ere you leap;

For as you sow, ye are like to reap.

Samuel Butler (1600-1680): Hudibras. Part ii. Canto ii. Line 501.

  They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.

Old Testament: Hosea viii. 7.