46 Bible Verses about Planting Seeds

'For [there will be] a sowing of peace; the vine will give its fruit, and the soil will give its produce, and the heavens will give their dew. And I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these [things].

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing [it] to grow.

"You shall not sow your vineyard [with] differing kinds [of seed], so that you shall not forfeit {the whole harvest}, [both] the seed that you sowed and the yield of the vineyard.

Sow your seed in the morning, and do not let your hands rest in the evening, for you do not know what will prosper-- whether this or that, or whether both of them alike will succeed.

So then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who is causing [it] to grow.

Now the one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your seed, and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow,

So he answered [and] said, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

Now the parable means this: the seed is the word of God,

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace among those who make peace.

And God said, "Look--I am giving to you every plant [that] bears seed which [is] on the face of the whole earth, and every kind of tree {that bears fruit}. They shall be yours as food."

The sower sows the word.

[It is] like a mustard seed that when sown on the ground, [although it] is the smallest of all the seeds that [are] on the ground,

And he sleeps and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows--{he does not know how}.

And what you sow [is] not the body which it will become, but you sow the bare seed, whether perhaps of wheat or of some of the rest.

And other [seed] fell among the thorn plants, and the thorn plants came up and choked it.

If we have sown spiritual [things] among you, [is it too] great [a thing] if we reap material [things] from you?

And other [seed] fell on the rock, and [when it] came up, it withered, because it did not have moisture.

Whoever watches the wind will not sow; whoever watches the clouds will not reap.

But other [seed] fell on the good soil and produced grain, this one a hundred [times as much] and this one sixty and this one thirty.

"You, therefore, listen to the parable of the sower:

On your planting day you make [them] grow, and in the morning [of] your sowing you bring [them] into bloom, [yet] the harvest will flee in a day [of] sickness and incurable pain.

and he took from the seed of the land and placed it in {fertile soil} on many waters; [like] a willow he planted it.

And he said, "The kingdom of God is like this: like a man scatters seed on the ground.

And other [seed] fell on the good soil, and produced grain, coming up and increasing, and it bore [a crop]--one thirty and one sixty and one a hundred [times as much].

For in this [instance] the saying is true, 'It is one who sows and another who reaps.'

And Joseph said to the people, "Look, I have bought you and your land this day for Pharaoh. Here [is] seed for you so you can sow the land.

Foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

Is it all day [that] the plowman plows, opens to sow seed, harrows his ground?

Happy [are] you who sow by all waters, who let the foot of the ox and the donkey go free.

And he will give rain for your seed [with] which you sow the ground, and grain, the produce of the ground, and it will be rich and {fertile}. On that day, your cattle will graze [in] broad pastures;

"The sower went out to sow his seed, and while he was sowing, {some seed} fell on the side of the path and was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

And he answered [and] said, "Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

Those who sow with tears shall reap with rejoicing.

And other [seed] fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up at once because it did not have [any] depth of soil.

Sow for yourselves righteousness; {reap loyal love}. Break up for yourself fallow ground; [it is] time to seek Yahweh so he will come and rain righteousness upon you.

and the field is the world. And the good seed--these are the sons of the kingdom, but the darnel are the sons of the evil one.

"You shall carry out much seed to the field, but you shall gather little [produce], for the locust shall devour it.

But while his people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat and went away.

And the earth brought forth green plants bearing seed according to its kind, and trees bearing fruit {in which there was seed} according to its kind. And God saw that [it was] good.

And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in that [same] year a hundredfold, and Yahweh blessed him.

But the [seed] on the good soil--these are the ones who, [after] hearing the word, hold fast to [it] with a noble and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance.

And these are the ones beside the path where the word is sown, and whenever they hear [it], immediately Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

{It} is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it is grown it is larger than the garden herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches."

"Look, [the] days [are] coming," {declares} Yahweh, "and I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah [with the] seed of humankind, and [with the] seed of animals.

He who diligently goes [out] with weeping, carrying the seed bag, shall certainly come [in] with rejoicing, carrying his sheaves.

But God gives to it a body just as he wishes, and to each one of the seeds its own body.