46 Bible Verses about Sowing Seeds

And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

The sower soweth the word.

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 that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

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.

Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

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;)

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

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

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

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

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

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

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.

And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.

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

And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,

Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

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

And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:

And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.