What does the Bible say about sowing and reaping?
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The Bible teaches that people reap the moral and spiritual fruit of what they sow, while God graciously supplies all that His people need to do good. Galatians 6:7-10 warns that no one can mock God by sowing to the flesh and expecting eternal life; perseverance in doing good will bear a harvest in due season. In giving, this principle is not a bargain for wealth but a call to cheerful, faith-filled generosity: 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 says God loves a cheerful giver and abounds in grace so believers can abound in every good work. God provides seed for sowing and increases its fruitfulness for thanksgiving (2 Corinthians 9:10-11).
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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 9:6-8
[6] Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. [7] Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver. [8] And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.
- 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."
- Galatians 6:7-10
[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. [9] Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don't give up. [10] So then, as we have opportunity, let's do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.
- 2 Corinthians 9:6
Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
- Galatians 6:6-10
[6] But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches. [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. [9] Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don't give up. [10] So then, as we have opportunity, let's do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.
- Proverbs 22:8
He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, And the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
- 2 Corinthians 9:10-11
[10] Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness; [11] you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God.
- Malachi 3:10
Bring the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this," says Yahweh of hosts, "if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.
- 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.
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