Thematic Bible: Sowing of
Thematic Bible
Seed » Sowing of » Required constant diligence
Whoever watches the wind will not sow; whoever watches the clouds will not reap.
Sow your seed in the morning, and do not let your hands rest in the evening, for you do not know what will prosper-- whether this or that, or whether both of them alike will succeed.
Seed » Sowing of » Necessary to its productiveness
Truly, truly I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth [and] dies, it remains [by] itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
Foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
Seed » Sowing of » Often attended with great waste
And other [seed] fell among the thorn plants, and the thorn plants came up and choked it.
and while he was sowing, {some seed} fell on the side of the path, and the birds came [and] devoured it. And other [seed] fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up at once because it did not have [any] depth of soil.
Seed » Sowing of » Often attended with danger
Those who sow with tears shall reap with rejoicing. He who diligently goes [out] with weeping, carrying the seed bag, shall certainly come [in] with rejoicing, carrying his sheaves.
Seed » Sowing of » Time for, called seed-time
{As long as the earth endures}, seed and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will not cease.