46 Bible Verses about Planting Seeds

For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

The sower soweth the word.

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:

And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?

And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.

He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?

Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.

Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.

But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.

But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.