18 Bible Verses about Sowing And Reaping

Be not deceived, God is not mocked. For what a man sows, that shall he also reap; for he that sows for his flesh, shall of the flesh reap destruction; but he that sows for the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life eternal.

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace to those who make peace.

Hear! behold a sower went out to sow; and in sowing, some fell on the way, and the birds came and devoured it. And some fell on a rocky place, where it had not much earth, and it came up immediately, because it had no depth of earth;read more.
and when the sun rose, it was scorched, and because it had no root it was dried up. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. And some fell on good ground, and produced fruit, growing up and increasing, and bore one thirty, one sixty, and one a hundred.

And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying; Behold, a sower went out to sow; and as he sowed, some fell by the way, and the birds came and devoured it. And some fell on rocky places, where it had not much earth, and it came up immediately, because it had no depth of earth;read more.
and when the sun arose it was scorched, and because it had no root it was dried up. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it. But some fell on good ground, and bore fruit; some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty-fold.

A sower went out to sow his seed; and in his sowing, some fell by the way, and was trodden down, and the birds of heaven devoured it; and some fell on the rock, and springing up it was dried up, because it had no moisture; and some fell in the midst of thorns, and the thorns springing up choked it;read more.
and some fell on good ground, and growing up bore fruit a hundred fold. Having said these things, he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

Hear, therefore, the parable of the sower. When any one hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and takes away the seed sown in his heart. This is he that received seed by the way. He that received seed on the rocky places is he that hears the word and immediately receives it with joyread more.
but has no root in himself, but is only a temporary [disciple]; and when affliction or persecution arises on account of the word, he is immediately offended. And he that received seed among thorns is he that hears the word, and the cares of this life and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. But he that received the seed in the good ground is he that hears the word, and understands it, who also bears fruit, and produces some one hundred, and some sixty, and some thirty-fold.

The sower sows the word. And these are those where the word is sown by the way; and when they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word which was sown upon them. And these in like manner are those sown on the rocky places; when they hear the word, they immediately receive it with joy,read more.
and have no root in themselves, but are temporary [disciples]. Then, when affliction or persecution occurs on account of the word, they are immediately offended. And those sown among thorns are different. They are those who hear the word, and the cares of life, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires of other things coming in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. And these are those sown in good ground, who hear the word, and receive it, and bear fruit, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.

But the parable signifies this; the seed is the word of God; those by the way are those who hear, then comes the devil and takes away the word from their hearts, that they may not believe and be saved; those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy, and they have no root; they believe for a time, and in a time of trial fall away;read more.
and that which fell among thorns signifies those who hear, and going away are choked by cares and riches and the pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. But that on the good ground signifies those who, with a noble and good heart, hearing the word retain it, and bear fruit persistently.

And he delivered them another parable, saying; The kingdom of heaven is like a man sowing good seed in his field; and while the men slept, his enemy came and sowed poisonous darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away. But when the stalk grew up and bore fruit, then the poisonous darnel appeared.read more.
And the servants of the householder came and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Whence then has it poisonous darnel? And he said to them, An enemy has done this. And they said to him, Do you wish us to go and take them out? And he said, No; lest in taking out the poisonous darnel, you pull up the wheat with it; let both grow together till the harvest, and at the time of the harvest, I will say to the reapers, Collect first the poisonous darnel, and bind it in bundles to be burnt; but collect the wheat in my storehouse.

And he said, So is the kingdom of God as a man casts the seeds into the earth, and sleeps and wakes, night and day, and the seed germinates, and grows he knows not how. The earth produces spontaneously, first the stalk, then the head, then the full wheat in the head.read more.
And when the wheat delivers itself, he immediately sends out the sickle, because the harvest has come.

Let us not be weary of well doing; for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.

Do you not say, There are yet four months, and the harvest comes? behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and see the fields; for they are white for a harvest. Already he that reaps receives wages and gathers fruit for life eternal, that he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together. For in this is the saying true; He that sows is one, and he that reaps is another.read more.
I have sent you to reap that on which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.

But I wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, that I often purposed to come to you, and was hindered hitherto, that I might have some fruit also among you, as among the other gentiles.

Who then is Apollos? and who is Paul? but ministers by whom you believed, and to each as the Lord gave. I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused [the seed] to grow; so neither is he that plants any thing, nor he that waters, but God that causes it to grow.read more.
He that plants and he that waters are one; and each shall receive his reward according to his labor. For we are God's co-laborers; you are God's field, God's building.

For it is written in the law of Moses, You shall not muzzle the ox that threshes. Does God care for oxen? or does he speak entirely for our sakes? For our sakes, doubtless, it was written, that he who plows should plow in hope, and that he who threshes in hope should partake of it. If we have sown for you spiritual things, is it too much if we reap your earthly things?

And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Send your sickle and reap, for the time has come to harvest, for the harvest of the earth is dry. And he that sat on the cloud cast his sickle upon the earth, and the earth was harvested. And another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he had a sharp sickle;read more.
and another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire, and cried with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, Send your sharp sickle and gather the grapes of the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe. And the angel cast his sharp sickle on the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth and cast it into the great wine-press of the wrath of God.

But some one will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? Foolish man, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies; and what you sow, you sow not the body which shall be, but the naked grain, it may be of wheat, or some of the other grains;read more.
but God gives it a body as he pleases, and to each of the grains its own body. All flesh is not the same flesh; but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fishes. And there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; but the glory of the heavenly is one, and of the earthly another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in destruction, it is raised in indestructibleness; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

And [consider] this, He that sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly, and he that sows liberally shall reap also liberally. Let each one contribute as he chooses in his heart, not with regret or from necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make every favor abound to you, that having always every sufficiency in every thing you may abound in every good work;read more.
as it is written, He scattered abroad, he gave to the poor, his righteousness continues forever. And may he that supplies seed to the sower and bread for eating multiply your grain, and increase the products of your righteousness; that you may be enriched in every thing for all liberality, which produces through us thanksgiving to God.