What Does the Bible Say About Sowers And Reapers?

Amos 9:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when the plowman shall overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed; the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow with it.

John 4:36 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.

John 4:37 ESV / 11 helpful votes

For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’

John 4:35 ESV / 10 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.

Matthew 13:18-23 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“Hear then the parable of the sower: When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path. As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. ...

Matthew 13:3-9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

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, but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away. Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. ...

John 4:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

Matthew 13:37 ESV / 4 helpful votes

He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

Matthew 13:30 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, “Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”

Proverbs 11:30 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise.

2 Timothy 2:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.

Romans 6:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.

John 4:27-42 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you seek?” or, “Why are you talking with her?” So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people, “Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?” They went out of the town and were coming to him. Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” ...

Matthew 13:39 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

Matthew 13:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.

Daniel 12:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

James 5:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

2 Timothy 4:7-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.

1 Thessalonians 2:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?

Philippians 2:15-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

That you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

1 Corinthians 9:19-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.

1 Corinthians 9:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward, but if not of my own will, I am still entrusted with a stewardship.

Romans 1:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.

Acts 8:4-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word. Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ. And the crowds with one accord paid attention to what was being said by Philip, when they heard him and saw the signs that he did. For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who had them, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed. So there was much joy in that city. ...

John 4:39-42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony, “He told me all that I ever did.” So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.”

John 4:1-54 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), he left Judea and departed again for Galilee. And he had to pass through Samaria. So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. ...

Luke 10:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house.

Luke 8:11-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall away. And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. 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.

Matthew 13:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable.

Matthew 13:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

Matthew 13:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Matthew 13:1-58 ESV / 2 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, ...

Matthew 9:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

Isaiah 9:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You have multiplied the nation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when they divide the spoil.

Psalm 126:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.

Psalm 126:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Psalm 78:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,

2 Kings 4:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When the child had grown, he went out one day to his father among the reapers.

Ruth 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem. And he said to the reapers, “The Lord be with you!” And they answered, “The Lord bless you.”

39 Bible Verses about Sowers And Reapers

Amos 9:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 4:36 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 4:37 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 4:35 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 13:18-23 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 13:3-9 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 4:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 13:37 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 13:30 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 11:30 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 2:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 6:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 4:27-42 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 13:39 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 13:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Daniel 12:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 5:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 4:7-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Thessalonians 2:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 2:15-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 9:19-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 9:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 1:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 8:4-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 4:39-42 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 4:1-54 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 10:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 8:11-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 13:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 13:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 13:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 13:1-58 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 9:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 9:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 126:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 126:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 78:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Kings 4:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ruth 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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