Thematic Bible: Sowing of
Thematic Bible
Seed » Sowing of » Required constant diligence
He who watches the wind [waiting for all conditions to be perfect] will not sow [seed], and he who looks at the clouds will not reap [a harvest].
Verse Concepts
Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle with your hands in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening planting will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both alike will be good.
Verse Concepts
Seed » Sowing of » Necessary to its productiveness
You fool! Every time you plant seed you sow something that does not come to life [germinating, springing up and growing] unless it first dies.
Verse Concepts
Seed » Sowing of » Often attended with great waste
And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate them up. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they had not much soil; and at once they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil.
Seed » Sowing of » Often attended with danger
They who sow in tears shall reap in joy and singing. He who goes forth bearing seed and weeping [at needing his precious supply of grain for sowing] shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Seed » Sowing of » Time for, called seed-time
“While the earth remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
Cold and heat,
Winter and summer,
And day and night
Shall not cease.”