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
They sow the wind, and so they will reap the whirlwind! The stalk does not have any standing grain; it will not produce any flour. Even if it were to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it all up.
Psalm 126:5
Those who shed tears as they plant will shout for joy when they reap the harvest.
Proverbs 11:18
The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit.
Ecclesiastes 11:6
Sow your seed in the morning, and do not stop working until the evening; for you do not know which activity will succeed -- whether this one or that one, or whether both will prosper equally.
Isaiah 32:20
you will be blessed, you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, you who let your ox and donkey graze.
James 3:18
And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.
Time
Psalm 105:4
Seek the Lord and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually!
Isaiah 31:1
Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead, those who rely on war horses, and trust in Egypt's many chariots and in their many, many horsemen. But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel and do not seek help from the Lord.
Isaiah 55:6
Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!
Jeremiah 29:12
When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers.
Jeremiah 50:4
"When that time comes," says the Lord, "the people of Israel and Judah will return to the land together. They will come back with tears of repentance as they seek the Lord their God.
Amos 5:4
The Lord says this to the family of Israel: "Seek me so you can live!
Zephaniah 2:1
Bunch yourselves together like straw, you undesirable nation,
Luke 13:24
"Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
Rain
Hosea 6:3
So let us acknowledge him! Let us seek to acknowledge the Lord! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land."
Psalm 72:6
He will descend like rain on the mown grass, like showers that drench the earth.
Isaiah 5:6
I will make it a wasteland; no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground, and thorns and briers will grow there. I will order the clouds not to drop any rain on it.
Isaiah 30:23
He will water the seed you plant in the ground, and the ground will produce crops in abundance. At that time your cattle will graze in wide pastures.
Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children.
Isaiah 45:8
O sky, rain down from above! Let the clouds send down showers of deliverance! Let the earth absorb it so salvation may grow, and deliverance may sprout up along with it. I, the Lord, create it.
Ezekiel 34:26
I will turn them and the regions around my hill into a blessing. I will make showers come down in their season; they will be showers that bring blessing.
Acts 2:18
Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
1 Corinthians 3:6
I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow.
General references
Mark 4:5
Other seed fell on rocky ground where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.