What Does the Bible Say About Reaping What You Sow And Seeds?

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 44 helpful votes

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

Galatians 6:7-8 ESV / 38 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.

Proverbs 22:8 ESV / 33 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 11:18 ESV / 28 helpful votes

The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.

2 Corinthians 9:6 ESV / 24 helpful votes

The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

Job 4:8 ESV / 23 helpful votes

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

Galatians 6:8 ESV / 21 helpful votes

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 / 19 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.”

Galatians 6:7-10 ESV / 18 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. And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Matthew 13:24 ESV / 18 helpful votes

He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,

Psalm 126:5 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!

Matthew 13:1-58 ESV / 15 helpful votes

That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, ...

Ephesians 6:8 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free.

Galatians 6:7-9 ESV / 12 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. And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

Galatians 6:6 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches.

Hosea 8:7 ESV / 12 helpful votes

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no flour; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it.

Proverbs 11:27 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor, but evil comes to him who searches for it.

Galatians 6:1-18 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. For each will have to bear his own load. ...

Psalm 126:1-6 ESV / 11 helpful votes

A Song of Ascents. When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.” The Lord has done great things for us; we are glad. Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like streams in the Negeb! Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy! ...

Galatians 6:3 ESV / 10 helpful votes

For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

Matthew 6:26 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

Hosea 10:12-13 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you. You have plowed iniquity; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your warriors,

Deuteronomy 28:1-14 ESV / 10 helpful votes

“And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God. Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. ...

Genesis 26:12 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The Lord blessed him,

Genesis 8:22 ESV / 10 helpful votes

While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”

1 Corinthians 9:11 ESV / 9 helpful votes

If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material things from you?

1 Corinthians 3:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.

Luke 8:11 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Leviticus 19:19 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material.

1 Corinthians 3:6-7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.

Romans 2:25 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Luke 19:20-21 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Then another came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief; for I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man. You take what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’

Mark 4:1-20 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil. ...

Jeremiah 12:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns; they have tired themselves out but profit nothing. They shall be ashamed of their harvests because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”

Proverbs 10:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

Leviticus 25:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you; in it you shall neither sow nor reap what grows of itself nor gather the grapes from the undressed vines.

Genesis 1:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so.

James 1:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Acts 20:35 ESV / 5 helpful votes

In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Luke 12:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!

Proverbs 10:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.

Galatians 6:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And as for all who walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.

John 12:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

John 4:35-38 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”

Luke 8:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.

Mark 11:1-33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.’” And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it. And some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” ...

2 Corinthians 9:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

1 Corinthians 9:1-27 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord? If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. This is my defense to those who would examine me. Do we not have the right to eat and drink? Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? ...

Luke 8:5-8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Mark 4:26-29 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

Matthew 13:24-30 ESV / 3 helpful votes

He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?’ He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So the servants said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ ...

53 Bible Verses about Reaping What You Sow And Seeds

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 44 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 6:7-8 ESV / 38 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 22:8 ESV / 33 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 11:18 ESV / 28 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 9:6 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 4:8 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 6:8 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 6:38 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 6:7-10 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 13:24 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 126:5 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 13:1-58 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 6:8 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 6:7-9 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 6:6 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hosea 8:7 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 11:27 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 6:1-18 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 126:1-6 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 6:3 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:26 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hosea 10:12-13 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 28:1-14 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 26:12 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 8:22 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 9:11 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 3:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 8:11 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 19:19 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 3:6-7 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 2:25 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16-17 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 19:20-21 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 4:1-20 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 12:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 10:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 25:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 1:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 20:35 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 12:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 10:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 6:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 12:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 4:35-38 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 8:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 11:1-33 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 9:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 9:1-27 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 8:5-8 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 4:26-29 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 13:24-30 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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