28 Bible Verses about Reaping What You Sow

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John 4:38

I sent you to reap that on which you bestowed no labor: other men labored, and you are entered into their labors.

John 4:37

And in this is that saying true, One sows, and another reaps.

2 Corinthians 9:6

But this I say, He who sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he who sows bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

Hosea 10:12

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

Isaiah 37:30

And this shall be a sign unto you, you shall eat this year such as grows of itself; and the second year that which springs of the same: and in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat its fruit.

Hosea 8:7

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: the stalk has no bud: it shall yield no meal: if so be it does yield, the aliens shall swallow it up.

Matthew 25:24

Then he who had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not spread:

Luke 19:21

For I feared you, because you are a severe man: you take up what you laid not down, and reap what you did not sow.

Proverbs 22:8

He that sows iniquity shall reap trouble: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

Luke 19:22

And he said unto him, Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was a severe man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow:

Ecclesiastes 11:6

In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your hand: for you know not which shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both alike shall be good.

Micah 6:15

You shall sow, but you shall not reap; you shall tread the olives, but you shall not anoint yourself with oil; and make sweet wine, but shall not drink wine.

1 Corinthians 15:37

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

Leviticus 25:11

A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: you shall not sow, neither reap that which grows of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of your untended vine.

Leviticus 25:22

And you shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until its new fruits come in you shall eat of the old fruit.

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Isaiah 3:10-11

Say you to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds. Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be done to him.

Hosea 10:12-13

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he comes and rains righteousness upon you. You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped iniquity; you have eaten the fruit of lies: because you did trust in your way, in the multitude of your mighty men.

Obadiah 1:15-16

For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations: as you have done, it shall be done unto you: your reward shall return upon your own head. For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had never been.

Galatians 6:7-8

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap. For he that sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

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Genesis 45:6

For these two years has the famine been in the land: and there are yet five years, in the which there shall neither be plowing nor harvest.

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