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
"Because they sow the wind, they will reap the wind storm. The plant has no stalk and its bud yields no grain. Even if there's a harvest, foreigners will gobble it up.
Psalm 126:5
Those who weep while they plant will sing for joy while they harvest.
Proverbs 11:18
Evil people earn deceptive wages, but those who plant righteousness are truly rewarded.
Proverbs 18:21
The power of the tongue is life and death those who love to talk will eat what it produces.
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.
Time
Psalm 105:4
Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his face continually.
Isaiah 31:1
"How terrible it will be for those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the chariot, because there are so many, and in charioteers, because they are so strong but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or seek the LORD!
Isaiah 55:6
"Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near.
Jeremiah 29:12
When you call out to me and come and pray to me, I'll hear you.
Jeremiah 50:4
In those days, and at that time," declares the LORD, "the people of Israel will come together with the people of Judah. They'll be weeping as they travel along, and they'll be seeking the LORD their God.
Amos 5:4
"For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: "Seek me and live,
Zephaniah 2:1
"Gather together! Yes, indeed, gather together, you shameless nation!
Luke 13:24
He told them, "Keep on struggling to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you that many people will try to enter, but won't be able to do so.
Rain
Hosea 6:3
Let us know, let us pursue knowledge of the LORD; his coming is as certain as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the autumn and spring rains come on the earth.
Psalm 72:6
May he be like the rain that descends on mown grass, like showers sprinkling on the ground.
Isaiah 5:6
I'll make it a wasteland, and it won't be pruned or cultivated. Instead, briers and thorns will grow up. I'll also issue commands to the clouds, that they drop no rain upon it."
Isaiah 30:23
He will also provide rain for your seed that you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the ground will be rich and abundant. At that time, your cattle will graze in broad meadows,
Isaiah 44:3
For I'll pour water upon thirsty ground and streams on parched land. So will I pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing upon your descendants.
Isaiah 45:8
"Shout, you skies above, and you clouds, and let righteousness stream down. I am the one who says to the earth, "Let salvation blossom, and let righteousness sprout forth.'
Ezekiel 34:26
I'm going to make them and everything that surrounds my hill a blessing. I'll send down the rain! At the appropriate time there will be a rainstorm of blessing!
Acts 2:18
In those days I will even pour out my Spirit on my slaves, men and women alike, and they will prophesy.
1 Corinthians 3:6
I planted, Apollos watered, but God kept everything growing.
General references
Mark 4:5
Others fell on stony ground, where they didn't have a lot of soil. They sprouted at once, because the soil wasn't deep.