Used to suggest that those who intentionally seek to harm others are likely to attract harm to themselves as well. Those who are promoters of harmful thoughts, ideas and actions, will, at some later time, be the recipient of similar thoughts, ideas and actions.
i.e. You reap what you sow
John Donne, an English poet, wrote secular poems as well as erotic and love poems. He is particularly famous for his mastery of metaphysical conceits.
In his book titled: Donne's satyr *
He included this peom:
Of Harm watch, harm catch. A silly Fly the subtil Spider caught In the irretiating Web he wrought; The Spider eager on the Fly to prey, Is caught, and kill'd, e're he could get away: So, a pit to dig for others some begin, And after they themselves do fall therein. Hamon a Gallows made for Mordecai, Whereon himself was hang'd without delay; Which to the Proverb fitly giveth place, Harm watch harm catch; which coms oft so to pass.
Used to suggest that those who intentionally seek to harm others are likely to attract harm to themselves as well. Those who are promoters of harmful thoughts, ideas and actions, will, at some later time, be the recipient of similar thoughts, ideas and actions.
i.e. You reap what you sow
John Donne, an English poet, wrote secular poems as well as erotic and love poems. He is particularly famous for his mastery of metaphysical conceits.
In his book titled: Donne's satyr *
He included this peom:
Of Harm watch, harm catch. A silly Fly the subtil Spider caught In the irretiating Web he wrought; The Spider eager on the Fly to prey, Is caught, and kill'd, e're he could get away: So, a pit to dig for others some begin, And after they themselves do fall therein. Hamon a Gallows made for Mordecai, Whereon himself was hang'd without delay; Which to the Proverb fitly giveth place, Harm watch harm catch; which coms oft so to pass.the left.
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Mordecai (/?m??rd?ka?,m??rd??ke?a?/;[1] also Mordechai; Hebrew: ??????????, Modern: Mordochai, Tiberian: Mārdo?ay,[a] IPA: [mo?de?χaj]) is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. He is described in Tanna Devei Eliyahu as being the son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin and member of the Sanhedrin.[2]Mordecai was also the cousin and guardian of Esther, who became queen of Persia under the reign of Ahasuerus (Xerxes I). Mordecai's loyalty and bravery are highlighted in the story as he helps Esther foil the plot of Haman, the king's vizier, to exterminate the Jewish people. His story is celebrated in the Jewish holiday of Purim, which commemorates his victory.