Bible Cross References
Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
Leviticus 26:20
And your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its produce, nor shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.
Deuteronomy 28:38-40
38
"You shall carry much seed out to the field but gather little in, for the locust shall consume it.
39
"You shall plant vineyards and tend [them,] but you shall neither drink [of] the wine nor gather the [grapes;] for the worms shall eat them.
40
"You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you shall not anoint [yourself] with the oil; for your olives shall drop off.
Isaiah 62:8
The LORD has sworn by His right hand And by the arm of His strength: "Surely I will no longer give your grain [As] food for your enemies; And the sons of the foreigner shall not drink your new wine, For which you have labored.
Isaiah 62:9
But those who have gathered it shall eat it, And praise the LORD; Those who have brought it together shall drink it in My holy courts."
Isaiah 65:21
They shall build houses and inhabit [them;] They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Isaiah 65:22
They shall not build and another inhabit; They shall not plant and another eat; For as the days of a tree, [so shall be] the days of My people, And My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Jeremiah 12:13
They have sown wheat but reaped thorns; They have put themselves to pain [but] do not profit. But be ashamed of your harvest Because of the fierce anger of the LORD."
Joel 1:10-12
10
The field is wasted, The land mourns; For the grain is ruined, The new wine is dried up, The oil fails.
11
Be ashamed, you farmers, Wail, you vinedressers, For the wheat and the barley; Because the harvest of the field has perished.
12
The vine has dried up, And the fig tree has withered; The pomegranate tree, The palm tree also, And the apple tree -- All the trees of the field are withered; Surely joy has withered away from the sons of men.
Amos 5:11
Therefore, because you tread down the poor And take grain taxes from him, Though you have built houses of hewn stone, Yet you shall not dwell in them; You have planted pleasant vineyards, But you shall not drink wine from them.
Zephaniah 1:13
Therefore their goods shall become booty, And their houses a desolation; They shall build houses, but not inhabit [them;] They shall plant vineyards, but not drink their wine."
Haggai 1:6
"You have sown much, and bring in little; You eat, but do not have enough; You drink, but you are not filled with drink; You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; And he who earns wages, Earns wages [to put] into a bag with holes."