Sowing and reaping

Sowing and reaping is the principle that deeds bear a corresponding harvest. Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap: sowing to the flesh brings corruption, sowing to the Spirit brings life everlasting, and those who sow bountifully reap bountifully.

Whatsoever a man soweth

• Galatians 6:7-8
  ⁷Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. ⁸For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
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• Job 4:8
  Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
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• Proverbs 22:8
  He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
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• Hosea 8:7
  For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
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Sowing righteousness

• Hosea 10:12
  Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
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• Proverbs 11:18
  The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
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• James 3:18
  And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
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Sowing generously

• 2 Corinthians 9:6
  But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
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• Proverbs 11:24-25
  ²⁴There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor. ²⁵The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
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• Luke 6:38
  Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
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• Ecclesiastes 11:1
  Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
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Patience for the harvest

• Galatians 6:9
  And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
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• Psalm 126:5-6
  ⁵They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. ⁶He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.
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• James 5:7
  Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
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Seedtime and harvest

• Genesis 8:22
  While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
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• John 4:35-37
  ³⁵Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest. ³⁶And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together. ³⁷And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.
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• Mark 4:26-29
  ²⁶And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground. ²⁷And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how. ²⁸For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within. ²⁹But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
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See also

• Generosity
• Judgment
• Rewards
• Righteousness

Notes

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