Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For 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.

Bible References

Soweth to his

Romans 6:13
Stop offering the parts of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness. Instead, offer yourselves to God as people who have been brought from death to life and the parts of your body as instruments of righteousness to God.
Romans 8:13
For if you live according to human nature, you are going to die, but if by the Spirit you continuously put to death the activities of the body, you will live.
Romans 13:14
Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, and do not obey your flesh and its desires.
James 3:18
And a harvest of righteousness is grown from the seed of peace planted by peacemakers.

Reap

Proverbs 22:8
Whoever sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the anger he uses for a weapon will be destroyed.
Jeremiah 12:13
They have sown wheat, but they have harvested thorns. They have tired themselves out, but they don't show a profit. Now be disappointed about your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Hosea 10:13
You have plowed evil; you have reaped unrighteousness; you have eaten the fruit of hypocrisy; because you trusted in your own direction, and in the number of your mighty forces.
2 Peter 2:12
These people, like irrational animals, are mere creatures of instinct that are born to be caught and killed. They insult what they don't understand, and like animals they, too, will be destroyed,
Revelation 22:11
Let the one who does what is evil continue to do what is evil. Let the filthy person continue to be filthy. Let the righteous person continue to do what is right. And let the holy person continue to be holy."

Soweth to the

Galatians 6:7
Stop being deceived; God is not to be ridiculed. A person harvests whatever he plants:
Psalm 126:5
Those who weep while they plant will sing for joy while they harvest.
Ecclesiastes 11:6
Sow your seed in the morning, and don't stop working until evening, since you don't know which of your endeavors will do well, whether this one or that, or even if both will do equally well.
Isaiah 32:20
How happy you will be, sowing your seed beside every stream, and letting your cattle and donkeys range freely!"
James 3:18
And a harvest of righteousness is grown from the seed of peace planted by peacemakers.

Of the spirit

Matthew 19:29
In fact, everyone who has left his homes, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children, or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.
Luke 18:30
who will not receive many times as much in this world, as well as eternal life in the age to come."
John 4:14
But whoever drinks the water that I will give him will never become thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become a well of water for him, springing up to eternal life."
John 6:27
Do not work for food that perishes but for food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal on him."
Romans 6:22
But now that you have been freed from sin and have become God's slaves, the benefit you reap is sanctification, and the result is eternal life.
1 Timothy 1:16
I am the worst of them. But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the worst sinner, the Messiah Jesus might demonstrate all of his patience as an example for those who would believe in him for eternal life.
Titus 3:7
And so, made heirs by his own grace, eternal life we now embrace.
Jude 1:21
Remain in God's love as you look for the mercy of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, which brings eternal life.

General references

Proverbs 1:31
They will eat the fruit of their way, and they will be filled with their own devices.
Jeremiah 31:30
Instead, each person will die for his own iniquity. Everyone who eats sour grapes will have his own teeth set on edge."
Romans 2:6
For he will repay everyone according to what that person has done:
1 John 2:25
The message that the Son himself declared to us is eternal life.

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