What does the Bible say about reap what you sow?
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The Bible teaches that our choices bear fitting consequences: those who sow to sin reap corruption, while those who sow by the Spirit reap eternal life, all under God’s righteous and gracious rule. Galatians 6:7-8 warns that God is not mocked, yet also calls believers to persevere in doing good. 2 Corinthians 9:6 and Luke 6:38 especially apply this principle to generous giving, promising that God delights to provide for cheerful, open-handed service. Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes observe that pride, wickedness, and laziness commonly bring bitter fruit, while faithful labor and wisdom are fruitful. This is not a formula for earning salvation or explaining every hardship; salvation is God’s gift in Christ, and believers live obediently because of His grace.
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- Galatians 6:7
Don't be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that will he also reap.
- 2 Corinthians 9:6
Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
- Luke 6:38
"Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you."
- Proverbs 14:14
The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; Likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.
- Job 4:8
According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, And sow trouble, Reap the same.
- Proverbs 22:8
He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, And the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
- Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Galatians 6:7-8
[7] Don't be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that will he also reap. [8] For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
- Ecclesiastes 11:4-6
[4] He who observes the wind won't sow; And he who regards the clouds won't reap. [5] As you don't know what is the way of the wind, Nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; Even so you don't know the work of God who does all. [6] In the morning sow your seed, And in the evening don't withhold your hand; For you don't know which will prosper, whether this or that, Or whether they both will be equally good.
- Galatians 6:8
For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
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