Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Time
Rain
General references
Bible References
Sow
Hosea 8:7
For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no flour; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it.
Psalm 126:5
Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!
Proverbs 11:18
The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Ecclesiastes 11:6
In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.
Isaiah 32:20
Happy are you who sow beside all waters, who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.
James 3:18
And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Time
Psalm 105:4
Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually!
Isaiah 31:1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the LORD!
Isaiah 55:6
"Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;
Jeremiah 29:12
Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.
Jeremiah 50:4
"In those days and in that time, declares the LORD, the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, weeping as they come, and they shall seek the LORD their God.
Amos 5:4
For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: "Seek me and live;
Zephaniah 2:1
Gather together, yes, gather, O shameless nation,
Luke 13:24
"Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
Rain
Hosea 6:3
Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth."
Psalm 72:6
May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth!
Isaiah 5:6
I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns shall grow up; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Isaiah 30:23
And he will give rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. In that day your livestock will graze in large pastures,
Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.
Isaiah 45:8
"Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit; let the earth cause them both to sprout; I the LORD have created it.
Ezekiel 34:26
And I will make them and the places all around my hill a blessing, and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing.
Acts 2:18
even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.
1 Corinthians 3:6
I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.
General references
Mark 4:5
Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil.