Bible Cross References
sow
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Work hard at whatever you do, because there will be no action, no thought, no knowledge, no wisdom in the world of the dead---and that is where you are going.
Isaiah 55:10
"My word is like the snow and the rain that come down from the sky to water the earth. They make the crops grow and provide seed for planting and food to eat.
Hosea 10:12
I said, 'Plow new ground for yourselves, plant righteousness, and reap the blessings that your devotion to me will produce. It is time for you to turn to me, your LORD, and I will come and pour out blessings upon you.'
Mark 4:26-29
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Jesus went on to say, "The Kingdom of God is like this. A man scatters seed in his field.
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He sleeps at night, is up and about during the day, and all the while the seeds are sprouting and growing. Yet he does not know how it happens.
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The soil itself makes the plants grow and bear fruit; first the tender stalk appears, then the head, and finally the head full of grain.
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When the grain is ripe, the man starts cutting it with his sickle, because harvest time has come.
John 4:36-38
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The one who reaps the harvest is being paid and gathers the crops for eternal life; so the one who plants and the one who reaps will be glad together.
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For the saying is true, 'Someone plants, someone else reaps.'
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I have sent you to reap a harvest in a field where you did not work; others worked there, and you profit from their work."
2 Corinthians 9:6
Remember that the person who plants few seeds will have a small crop; the one who plants many seeds will have a large crop.
2 Timothy 4:2
to preach the message, to insist upon proclaiming it (whether the time is right or not), to convince, reproach, and encourage, as you teach with all patience.
thou knowest
Ecclesiastes 9:1
I thought long and hard about all this and saw that God controls the actions of wise and righteous people, even their love and their hate. No one knows anything about what lies ahead.
Haggai 1:6-11
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You have planted much grain, but have harvested very little. You have food to eat, but not enough to make you full. You have wine to drink, but not enough to get drunk on! You have clothing, but not enough to keep you warm. And workers cannot earn enough to live on.
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Can't you see why this has happened?
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Now go up into the hills, get lumber, and rebuild the Temple; then I will be pleased and will be worshiped as I should be.
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"You hoped for large harvests, but they turned out to be small. And when you brought the harvest home, I blew it away. Why did I do that? Because my Temple lies in ruins while every one of you is busy working on your own house.
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That is why there is no rain and nothing can grow.
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I have brought drought on the land---on its hills, grainfields, vineyards, and olive orchards---on every crop the ground produces, on people and animals, on everything you try to grow."
Haggai 2:17-19
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I sent scorching winds and hail to ruin everything you tried to grow, but still you did not repent.
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Today is the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day that the foundation of the Temple has been completed. See what is going to happen from now on.
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Although there is no grain left, and the grapevines, fig trees, pomegranates, and olive trees have not yet produced, yet from now on I will bless you."
Zechariah 8:11
But now I am treating the survivors of this nation differently.
Zechariah 8:12
They will plant their crops in peace. Their vines will bear grapes, the earth will produce crops, and there will be plenty of rain. I will give all these blessings to the people of my nation who survive.
Acts 11:20
But other believers, who were from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and proclaimed the message to Gentiles also, telling them the Good News about the Lord Jesus.
Acts 11:21
The Lord's power was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
1 Corinthians 3:5-7
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After all, who is Apollos? And who is Paul? We are simply God's servants, by whom you were led to believe. Each one of us does the work which the Lord gave him to do:
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I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plant, but it was God who made the plant grow.
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The one who plants and the one who waters really do not matter. It is God who matters, because he makes the plant grow.
2 Corinthians 9:10
And God, who supplies seed for the sower and bread to eat, will also supply you with all the seed you need and will make it grow and produce a rich harvest from your generosity.
2 Corinthians 9:11
He will always make you rich enough to be generous at all times, so that many will thank God for your gifts which they receive from us.