For they sowed blighted [seed], and their destruction shall await them, a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce it, strangers shall devour it.

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

They went on and wept as they cast their seeds; but they shall surely come with exaltation, bringing their sheaves [with them].

An ungodly man performs unrighteous works, but the seed of the righteous is a reward of truth.

Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and they that rule it shall eat the fruits thereof.

In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening let not your hand be slack; for you know not what sort shall prosper whether this or that, or whether both shall be good alike.

Blessed are they that sow by every water, where the ox and the donkey tread.

Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those making peace.

For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Break up fresh ground for yourselves, and sow not among thorns.

Circumcise yourselves to your God, and circumcise your hardness of heart, you men of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem, lest My wrath go forth as fire, and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your devices.

Seek the Lord, and be strengthened; seek His face continually.

Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, who trust in horses and chariots, for they are many; and in horses, [which are] a great multitude; and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought the Lord.

Seek the Lord, and when you find Him, call upon Him; and when He draws near to you,

And pray to Me, and I will hearken to you; and you shall earnestly seek Me, and you shall find Me;

And I will appear to you.

In those days, and at that time, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall proceed, weeping as they go, seeking the Lord their God.

Wherefore thus says the Lord to the house of Israel, Seek Me, and you shall live.

But seek the Lord, and you shall live; lest the house of Joseph blaze as fire, and it devour him, and there shall be none to quench it for the house of Israel.

who makes all things, and changes [them], and turns darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night; who calls for the water of the sea, and pours it out on the face of the earth: the Lord is His name;

We have hated evil, and loved good; restore judgment in the gates, so that the Lord God Almighty may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

Be gathered and closely joined together, O unchastened nation;

Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth; do judgment, and seek justice, and answer accordingly; that you may be hid in the day of the wrath of the Lord.

Strive to enter through the narrow gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

Let us follow on to know the Lord: we shall find Him ready as the morning, and He will come to us as the early and latter rain to the earth.

He shall come down as rain upon a fleece, and as drops falling upon the earth.

And I will forsake My vineyard; and it shall not be pruned, nor dug, and thorns shall come up upon it as on barren land; and I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it.

Then shall there be rain to the seed of your land; and the bread of the fruit of your land shall be plenteous and rich; and your cattle shall feed in that day in a fertile and spacious place.

For I will give water to the thirsty that walk in a dry land; I will put My Spirit upon your seed, and My blessings upon your children;

Let the heavens rejoice from above, and let the clouds rain righteousness; let the earth bring forth, and blossom [with] mercy, and bring forth righteousness likewise; I am the Lord that created you.

And I will settle them round about My mountain; and I will give you the rain, the rain of blessing.

"And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God gives the increase.

So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.