Thematic Bible: Sowing, illustrative of
Thematic Bible
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » Preaching the gospel
And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, the man who sows went forth to sow.
Which indeed is smaller than all seeds, but when it is grown, it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so as for the birds of the sky to come and lodge in the branches of it.
If we sowed spiritual things to you, is it a great thing if we will reap your carnal things?
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » Men's works producing a corresponding recompense
According as I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.
Sow to yourselves in righteousness. Reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek LORD, till he comes and rains righteousness upon you.
Be not misled, God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows this he will also reap. Because he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » Christian liberality
But this, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows in blessings will also reap in blessings.
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand, for thou know not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » The burial of the body
Thou foolish man, what thou sow is not made alive unless it dies. And what thou sow, thou do not sow the body that it will become, but a bare grain, if it may happen of wheat, or of some other kind. But God gives it a body as he wills, and to each of the seeds its own body.
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » Scattering or dispersing a people
And I will sow them among the peoples, and they shall remember me in far countries. And they shall live with their sons, and shall return.
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » The death of Christ and its effects
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat that falls into the ground dies, it remains alone, but if it dies it bears much fruit.