Deceitful work - Work which deceives and disappoints the worker; in contrast with the “sure reward” of the second clause.
Omit “shall be” and render, “but he that soweth righteousness worketh a sure reward.”
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Proverbs 11:18
18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.