What Does the Bible Say About Reap What We Sow?

Galatians 6:7-8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

Luke 6:38 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

Proverbs 22:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.

2 Kings 19:29-30 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“And this shall be the sign for you: this year eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs of the same. Then in the third year sow and reap and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit. And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

Judges 9:16-25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Now therefore, if you acted in good faith and integrity when you made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house and have done to him as his deeds deserved— for my father fought for you and risked his life and delivered you from the hand of Midian, and you have risen up against my father's house this day and have killed his sons, seventy men on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the leaders of Shechem, because he is your relative— if you then have acted in good faith and integrity with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you. But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the leaders of Shechem and from Beth-millo and devour Abimelech.” ...

Judges 9:1-20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Now Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's relatives and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother's family, “Say in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over you, or that one rule over you?’ Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.” And his mother's relatives spoke all these words on his behalf in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.” And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless fellows, who followed him. And he went to his father's house at Ophrah and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself. ...

Numbers 20:22-29 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And they journeyed from Kadesh, and the people of Israel, the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor. And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom, “Let Aaron be gathered to his people, for he shall not enter the land that I have given to the people of Israel, because you rebelled against my command at the waters of Meribah. Take Aaron and Eleazar his son and bring them up to Mount Hor. And strip Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son. And Aaron shall be gathered to his people and shall die there.” ...

James 5:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 4:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,

Galatians 6:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

Romans 8:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?

Mark 11:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.

Malachi 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Job 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.

Genesis 29:1-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then Jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the east. As he looked, he saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep lying beside it, for out of that well the flocks were watered. The stone on the well's mouth was large, and when all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place over the mouth of the well. Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where do you come from?” They said, “We are from Haran.” He said to them, “Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?” They said, “We know him.” ...

Mark 4:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

The sower sows the word.

Isaiah 55:10-11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

20 Bible Verses about Reap What We Sow

Galatians 6:7-8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Luke 6:38 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Kings 19:29-30 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Judges 9:16-25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Judges 9:1-20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Numbers 20:22-29 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 5:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 6:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 11:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Malachi 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 29:1-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 4:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Isaiah 55:10-11 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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20 Bible Verses about Reap What We Sow

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Galatians 6:7-8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Luke 6:38 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Kings 19:29-30 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Judges 9:16-25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Judges 9:1-20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Numbers 20:22-29 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 5:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 6:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 11:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Malachi 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 29:1-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 4:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Isaiah 55:10-11 ESV / 1 helpful vote