What does the Bible say about reaping?
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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.
- Proverbs 22:8
He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, And the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
- 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.
- Galatians 6:9
Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don't give up.
- Proverbs 11:18
Wicked people earn deceitful wages, But one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
- 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."
- Job 4:8
According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, And sow trouble, Reap the same.
- Hosea 8:7
For they sow the wind, And they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.
- 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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Curated topical outlines from classic public-domain study works.
Nave's Topical Bible
- General scriptures concerning Psalms 129:7
- The ark of the covenant returned by the Philistines at the time of 1 Samuel 6:13
- Laws concerning gleaning at the time of
- See GLEANING
- FIGURATIVE Psalms 126:6; Hosea 10:12; Hosea 10:13
Torrey's New Topical Textbook
- Is the cutting of the corn in harvest Job 24:6; Leviticus 23:10
- The sickle used for Deuteronomy 16:9; Mark 4:29
- Both men and women engaged in Ruth 2:8; Ruth 2:9
- The Jews not to reap
- The corners of their fields Leviticus 19:9; Leviticus 23:22
- During the Sabbatical year Leviticus 25:5
- During the year of jubilee Leviticus 25:11
- The fields of others Deuteronomy 23:25
- Mode of gathering the corn for, alluded to Psalms 129:7; Isaiah 17:5
- Corn after, was bound up into sheaves Genesis 37:7; Psalms 129:7
- Persons engaged in
- Under the guidance of a steward Ruth 2:5; Ruth 2:6
- Visited by the master Ruth 2:4; 2 Kings 4:18
- Fed by the master who himself presided at their meals Ruth 2:14
- Received wages John 4:36; James 5:4
- A time of great rejoicing Psalms 126:5; Psalms 126:6
- The Jews often hindered from, on account of their sins Micah 6:15
- Often unprofitable on account of sin Jeremiah 12:13
- Illustrative of
- Receiving the reward of wickedness Job 4:8; Proverbs 22:8; Hosea 8:7; Galatians 6:8
- Receiving the reward of righteousness Hosea 10:12; Galatians 6:8; Galatians 6:9
- Ministers receiving temporal provision for spiritual labours 1 Corinthians 9:11
- Gathering in souls to God John 4:38
- The judgments of God on the antichristian world Revelation 14:14-16
- The final judgment Matthew 13:30; Matthew 13:39-43
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