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the universe's brutal accountant, collecting every seed you ever planted with interest.
means The act of cutting and gathering a crop, or by extension, receiving the consequences—good or bad—of your earlier actions.
from From Old English 'reopan' or 'ripan,' to cut grain, related to 'ripe'—the grain ready for harvest. The agricultural sense came first; the moral 'reap what you sow' meaning was sharpened by its appearance in the King James Bible, which planted the phrase deep in English. The grim Reaper, scythe in hand, is the same image turned toward a darker harvest.
- origin
- From Old English ripan, to cut grain
- the scythe
- Death's tool was a real harvest blade
- karmic law
- You reap exactly what you sow
- grim reaper
- Souls treated like wheat at season's end
harvest moon festival — annual celebration in east asian cultures marking the end of autumn harvest, occurring on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month
grim reaper depictions — personification in medieval european art and literature representing death, appearing in bergman's 'the seventh seal' (1957) and countless paintings