Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

General references

Bible References

He that bindeth

Psalm 126:6

He who goes back and forth weeping, carrying his bag of seed [for planting],
Will indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.
Isaiah 17:10

Because you [Judah] have forgotten the God of your salvation
And have not remembered the Rock of your Stronghold—
Therefore you plant lovely plants
And set the grounds with vine slips of a strange god,
Hosea 8:7

For they sow the wind [in evil]
And they reap the whirlwind [in disaster].
The standing grain has no growth;
It yields no grain.
If it were to yield, strangers would swallow it up.
Galatians 6:8
For the one who sows to his flesh [his sinful capacity, his worldliness, his disgraceful impulses] will reap from the flesh ruin and destruction, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

General references

Job 8:12

“While it is still green (in flower) and not cut down,
Yet it withers before any other plant [when without water].
Psalm 37:2

For they will wither quickly like the grass,
And fade like the green herb.