Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Bearing fruit » Reaping what you sow
Tell the righteous that it will go well [for them], for they will eat the fruit of their deeds. Woe to the wicked-[it will go] badly [for them], for what they have done will be done to them.
Sow righteousness for yourselves and reap faithful love; break up your untilled ground. It is time to seek the Lord until He comes and sends righteousness on you like the rain. You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in your large number of soldiers,
For the Day of the Lord is near, against all the nations. As you have done, so it will be done to you; what you deserve will return on your own head. For as you have drunk on My holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink and gulp down and be as though they had never been.
Don't be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows he will also reap, because the one who sows to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
knowing that whatever good each one does, slave or free, he will receive this back from the Lord.
Verse Concepts
false Confidence » Self-confidence, an element of insecurity » The danger of
who sits securely,
who says to herself,
‘I exist, and there is no one else.
I will never be a widow
or know the loss of children.’
So, whoever thinks he stands must be careful not to fall.
Verse Concepts
you who live in clefts of the rock
in your home on the heights,
who say to yourself,
“Who can bring me down to the ground?”
Peter told Him, “Even if everyone runs away because of You, I will never run away!”
Verse Concepts
you have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because you have trusted in your own way
and in your large number of soldiers,
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:
Verse Concepts
Iniquity » Who reaps iniquity
you have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because you have trusted in your own way
and in your large number of soldiers,
Plowing » Illustrative » Of a course of sin
and those who sow trouble
you have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because you have trusted in your own way
and in your large number of soldiers,
Reaping » Figurative
Sow righteousness for yourselves and reap faithful love; break up your untilled ground. It is time to seek the Lord until He comes and sends righteousness on you like the rain. You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in your large number of soldiers,
carrying the bag of seed,
he will surely come back with shouts of joy,
carrying his sheaves.
Sin » Fruits of » Deceitful
you have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because you have trusted in your own way
and in your large number of soldiers,
Sinful » Fruit » Deceitful
you have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because you have trusted in your own way
and in your large number of soldiers,
Sins » Fruit » Deceitful
you have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because you have trusted in your own way
and in your large number of soldiers,
Trust » The reward for trusting in man
You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in your large number of soldiers, the roar of battle will rise against your people, and all your fortifications will be demolished in a day of war, like Shalman's destruction of Beth-arbel. Mothers will be dashed to pieces along with [their] children. So it will be done to you, Bethel, because of your extreme evil. At dawn the king of Israel will be totally destroyed.