16 Bible Verses about Reaping What You Sow

Do not be deceived. God cannot be mocked. What a man sows that he will reap.

For he who sows the field of his earthly nature will from that earthly nature reap corruption; while he who sows the field of the spirit will from that spirit reap Immortal Life.

I have sent you to reap that on which you have spent no labor; others have labored, and you have entered upon the results of their labor."

Since we, then, sowed spiritual seed for you, is it too much that we should reap from you an earthly harvest?

Let us never tire of doing right, for at the proper season we shall reap our harvest, if we do not grow weary.

For here the proverb holds good--'One sows, another reaps.'

Remember the saying--'Scanty sowing, scanty harvest; plentiful sowing, plentiful harvest.'

The man who had received the six hundred pounds came up, too, and said 'Sir, I knew that you were a hard man; you reap where you have not sown, and gather up where you have not winnowed;

For I was afraid of you, because you are a stern man. You take what you have not planted, and reap what you have not sown.'

The master answered 'Out of your own mouth I judge you, you worthless servant. You knew that I am a stern man, that I take what I have not planted, and reap what I have not sown?

You foolish man! The seed you yourself sow does not come to life, unless it dies!

And when you sow, you sow not the body that will be, but a mere grain-perhaps of wheat, or something else.

And righteousness, its fruit, is sown in peace by those who work for peace.

And he who supplies 'seed to the sower, and bread for eating,' will supply you with seed, and cause it to increase, and will multiply 'the fruits of your righteousness').

Think of the ravens--they neither sow nor reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn; and yet God feeds them! And how much more precious are you than birds!