what goes around comes around

English

It Shoots Further Than He Dreams by John F. Knott, March 1918.

Alternative forms

what comes around goes around

Proverb

what goes around comes around

The status eventually returns to its original value after completing some sort of cycle.
A person's actions, whether good or bad, will often have consequences for that person.

Translations

the status returns to its original value

Albanian: Ç'të mbjellësh, do korrësh
Arabic: كَمَا تَدِينُ تُدَانُ‎ (kamā tadīnu tudānu)
Finnish: se, mikä menee ylös, tulee myös alas, ympäri käydään, yhteen tullaan
French: qui sème le vent, récolte la tempête (fr)
Georgian: რასაცა დასთეს, იმას მოიმკი (rasaca dastes, imas moimḳi)
German: Wer Wind sät, wird Sturm ernten. n
Norwegian: man høster som man sår

Portuguese: tudo que vai volta
Russian: что посе́ешь, то и пожнёшь (ru) (što poséješʹ, to i požnjóšʹ)
Spanish: recoges lo que siembras
Swedish: som man bäddar får man ligga
Turkish: ne ekersen onu biçersin
Vietnamese: gậy ông đập lưng ông (vi)

actions have consequences

Arabic: لَا تَحْصِدُ إِلَّا مَا زَرَعْتَهُ‎ (lā taḥṣidu ʾillā mā zaraʿtahu, literally “you do not reap [anything] except what you sow”)
Bulgarian: каквото повикало, такова се обадило (kakvoto povikalo, takova se obadilo); всичко се връща (vsičko se vrǎšta); на каквото си постелеш, на такова ще легнеш (na kakvoto si posteleš, na takova šte legneš)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 善有善報，惡有惡報 (zh), 善有善报，恶有恶报 (zh) (shànyǒushànbào, èyǒu'èbào); 種瓜得瓜 (zh), 种瓜得瓜 (zh) (zhòngguādéguā); 種豆得豆 (zh), 种豆得豆 (zh) (zhòngdòudédòu), 媳婦熬成婆 (zh), 媳妇熬成婆 (zh) (xífù áo chéng pó), 因果循环，报应不爽。
Czech: jak se do lesa volá, tak se z lesa ozývá
Danish: hvad et menneske sår skal han høste, som man råber i skoven får man svar, man ligger som man reder
Dutch: wie wind zaait, zal storm oogsten, dat komt ervan
Finnish: minkä taakseen jättää, sen edestään löytää
French: on récolte ce que l'on sème (fr), qui sème le vent récolte la tempête (fr)
German: wie man in den Wald hineinruft, so schallt es heraus (de), man erntet, was man sät, die Vergangenheit holt einen immer ein
Hebrew: שלח לחמך על פני המים כי ברבות הימים תמצאנו‎, מה שנותנים - מקבלים‎, כל אחד מקבל בסוף מה שמגיע לו‎, הגלגל מסתובב‎, גלגל חוזר בעולם‎
Hungarian: ki mint vet, úgy arat (hu), amilyen az adjonisten, olyan a fogadjisten (hu)
Italian: chi semina vento raccoglie tempesta, chi la fa l'aspetti, si raccoglie ciò che si semina
Japanese: 因果応報 (ja) (いんがおうほう, inga-ōhō), 業によりて果を引く (ごうによりてかをひく, gō ni yorite ka o hiku)
Korean: 뿌린대로 거둔다 (ppurindaero geodoonda)

Malay: buat baik dibalas baik, buat jahat dibalas jahat
Norwegian: man høster som man sår
Persian: از هر دست بدهی از همان دست می‌گیری‎ (az har dast bedahi, az hamân dast migiri)
Polish: co z siebie dajesz, to do ciebie wraca
Portuguese: quem semeia ventos colhe tempestades, aqui se faz, aqui se paga (pt), você colhe o que planta, o mundo dá voltas, tudo que vai volta
Russian: как ау́кнется, так и откли́кнется (ru) (kak aúknetsja, tak i otklíknetsja), что посе́ешь, то и пожнёшь (ru) (što poséješʹ, to i požnjóšʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: sve se vraća, sve se plaća; kako siješ tako žanješ
Spanish: todo cae por su propio peso, donde las dan, las toman
Swedish: som man bäddar får man ligga, som man sår får man skörda, svinhugg går igen
Tagalog: Kung anong itinanim, siya ring aanihin.
Tamil: திணை விதைத்தவன் திணை அறுப்பான் (tiṇai vitaittavaṉ tiṇai aṟuppāṉ), வினை விதைத்தவன் வினை அறுப்பான் (viṉai vitaittavaṉ viṉai aṟuppāṉ)
Turkish: başkasına fenalık eden kendine etmiş olur
Uzbek: qaytar dunyo
Vietnamese: ác giả ác báo (vi)

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Arabic: ^{(please verify)} أكلت يوم أكل الثور الأبيض‎
Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} каквото повикало, такова се обадило (kakvoto povikalo, takova se obadilo)

Slovak: ^{(please verify)} ako sa do hory volá, tak sa z hory ozýva
Thai: ^{(please verify)} ใครทำอะไรก็ได้ผลตามนั้น (krai tam arai gôr dâai pŏn taam nán), ^{(please verify)} ให้ทุกข์แก่ท่าน ทุกข์นั้นถึงตัว (hâi túk gàe tâan, túk nán tĕung tua), ^{(please verify)} กรรมใดใครก่อ กรรมนั้นคืนสนอง (gam dai krai gòr, gam nán keun sànŏng), ^{(please verify)} กงเกวียนกำเกวียน (th) (gong gwian gam gwian)

what goes around comes around

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