46 Bible Verses about sowing

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Hosea 10:12

Sow righteousness for yourselves
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.
It is time to seek the Lord
until He comes and sends righteousness
on you like the rain.

Luke 8:6

Other seed fell on the rock; when it sprang up, it withered, since it lacked moisture.

Psalm 126:6

Though one goes along weeping,
carrying the bag of seed,
he will surely come back with shouts of joy,
carrying his sheaves.

Deuteronomy 22:9

Do not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; otherwise, the entire harvest, both the crop you plant and the produce of the vineyard, will be defiled.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

In the morning sow your seed,
and at evening do not let your hand rest,
because you don’t know which will succeed,
whether one or the other,
or if both of them will be equally good.

Hosea 8:7

Indeed, they sow the wind
and reap the whirlwind.
There is no standing grain;
what sprouts fails to yield flour.
Even if they did,
foreigners would swallow it up.

Luke 8:5

“A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds of the sky ate it up.

Genesis 26:12

Isaac sowed seed in that land, and in that year he reaped a hundred times what was sown. The Lord blessed him,

John 4:37

For in this case the saying is true: ‘One sows and another reaps.’

Isaiah 37:30

“‘This will be the sign for you: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what grows from that. But in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

Matthew 13:4

As he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them up.

2 Corinthians 9:6

Remember this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

Matthew 13:8

Still others fell on good ground and produced a crop: some 100, some 60, and some 30 times what was sown.

Matthew 13:20

And the one sown on rocky ground—this is one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

Haggai 1:6

You have planted much
but harvested little.
You eat
but never have enough to be satisfied.
You drink
but never have enough to become drunk.
You put on clothes
but never have enough to get warm.
The wage earner puts his wages
into a bag with a hole in it.”

Genesis 47:23

Then Joseph said to the people, “Understand today that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh. Here is seed for you. Sow it in the land.

Isaiah 61:11

For as the earth produces its growth,
and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up,
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
to spring up before all the nations.

Jeremiah 4:3

For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:

Break up the unplowed ground;
do not sow among the thorns.

1 Corinthians 15:44

sown a natural body, raised a spiritual body.

If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

Leviticus 25:22

When you sow in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest. You will be eating this until the ninth year when its harvest comes in.

Matthew 13:25

But while people were sleeping, his enemy came, sowed weeds among the wheat, and left.

Judges 6:3

Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the Qedemites came and attacked them.

Isaiah 28:24

Does the plowman plow every day to plant seed?
Does he continuously break up and cultivate the soil?

Judges 9:45

So Abimelech fought against the city that entire day, captured it, and killed the people who were in it. Then he tore down the city and sowed it with salt.

Psalm 107:37

They sow fields and plant vineyards
that yield a fruitful harvest.

Isaiah 30:23

Then He will send rain for your seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food, the produce of the ground, will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.

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Isaiah 32:20

Those who sow seed are happy
beside abundant waters;
they let ox and donkey range freely.

Matthew 13:3

Then He told them many things in parables, saying: “Consider the sower who went out to sow.

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Isaiah 32:20

Those who sow seed are happy
beside abundant waters;
they let ox and donkey range freely.

Matthew 13:3

Then He told them many things in parables, saying: “Consider the sower who went out to sow.

Evil » Sowing » Sowing evil, on the part of the wicked

Hosea 8:7

Indeed, they sow the wind
and reap the whirlwind.
There is no standing grain;
what sprouts fails to yield flour.
Even if they did,
foreigners would swallow it up.

Proverbs 22:8

The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

More verses: Proverbs 16:28

Sower » Sowing

Isaiah 28:25

When he has leveled its surface,
does he not then scatter black cumin and sow cumin?
He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots,
with spelt as their border.

Sowing » Spiritual, the blessings of

Psalm 126:5-6

Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. Though one goes along weeping, carrying the bag of seed, he will surely come back with shouts of joy, carrying his sheaves.

Isaiah 32:20

Those who sow seed are happy
beside abundant waters;
they let ox and donkey range freely.

Hosea 10:12

Sow righteousness for yourselves
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.
It is time to seek the Lord
until He comes and sends righteousness
on you like the rain.

More verses: Luke 8:5

Sowing » Evil, on the part of the wicked

Hosea 8:7

Indeed, they sow the wind
and reap the whirlwind.
There is no standing grain;
what sprouts fails to yield flour.
Even if they did,
foreigners would swallow it up.

Proverbs 22:8

The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

More verses: Proverbs 16:28

Sowing » Agricultural

Isaiah 32:20

Those who sow seed are happy
beside abundant waters;
they let ox and donkey range freely.

Matthew 13:3

Then He told them many things in parables, saying: “Consider the sower who went out to sow.

Spiritual » Sowing » Surgery

Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom,
but a perverse tongue will be cut out.

Spiritual » Sowing » Striving

More verses: Hebrews 12:4

Spiritual » Sowing » The blessings of

Psalm 126:5-6

Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. Though one goes along weeping, carrying the bag of seed, he will surely come back with shouts of joy, carrying his sheaves.

Isaiah 32:20

Those who sow seed are happy
beside abundant waters;
they let ox and donkey range freely.

Hosea 10:12

Sow righteousness for yourselves
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.
It is time to seek the Lord
until He comes and sends righteousness
on you like the rain.

More verses: Luke 8:5

Topics on Sowing

Not Sowing

Jeremiah 35:7

You must not build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Rather, you must live in tents your whole life, so you may live a long time on the soil where you stay as a temporary resident.’

Parables Of Sowing

Matthew 13:3-8

Then He told them many things in parables, saying: “Consider the sower who went out to sow.

Sowing And Reaping

Leviticus 19:23-25

“When you come into the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you are to consider the fruit forbidden. It will be forbidden to you for three years; it is not to be eaten.

Sowing Good

Hosea 10:12

Sow righteousness for yourselves
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.
It is time to seek the Lord
until He comes and sends righteousness
on you like the rain.

Sowing In Vain

Leviticus 26:16

then I will do this to you: I will bring terror on you—wasting disease and fever that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.

Sowing Seeds

Matthew 13:4

As he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them up.

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