46 Bible Verses about sowing
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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.
Now he that ministers 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.
He that goes forth weeping, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
You shall not sow your vineyard with different seeds: lest the fruit of your seed which you have sown, and the fruit of your vineyard, be defiled.
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.
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.
A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your material things?
And in this is that saying true, One sows, and another reaps.
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.
And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?
But this I say, He who sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he who sows bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
But others fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
But he that received the seed in stony places, the same is he that hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;
And these are they by the wayside, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan comes immediately, and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.
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.
You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but you have not enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he that earns wages earns wages to put it into a bag with holes.
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 you shall sow the land.
For as the earth brings forth its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not reap.
For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap.
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
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.
But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
Does the plowman keep plowing all day to sow? does he keep opening and breaking the clods of his ground?
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
Then shall he give the rain for your seed, that you shall sow the ground with; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be rich and plentiful: in that day shall your cattle feed in large pastures.
From Thematic Bible
Agriculture » Operations in » Sowing
He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not reap.
Blessed are you that sow beside all waters, that send forth freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.
And he spoke many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Sowing
He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not reap.
Blessed are you that sow beside all waters, that send forth freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.
And he spoke many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
Evil » Sowing » Sowing evil, on the part of the wicked
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.
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.
Sower » Sowing
He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not reap.
When he has made level the face of it, does he not sow the dill, and scatter the cummin, and plant the wheat in rows and the barley and the spelt in their places?
Sowing » Spiritual, the blessings of
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goes forth weeping, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Blessed are you that sow beside all waters, that send forth freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.
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.
The wicked works a deceitful work: but to him that sows righteousness shall be a sure reward.
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.
Sowing » Evil, on the part of the wicked
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.
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.
Sowing » Agricultural
He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not reap.
Blessed are you that sow beside all waters, that send forth freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.
And he spoke many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
Spiritual » Sowing » Surgery
For if you live after the flesh, you shall die: but if you through the Spirit do put to death the deeds of the body, you shall live.
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we should no longer serve sin.
In whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom: but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.
Spiritual » Sowing » Striving
Strive to enter in at the narrow gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Only let your manner of life be as it becomes the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
And every man that strives for self control is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
For which I also labor, striving according to his working, who works in me mightily.
Spiritual » Sowing » The blessings of
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goes forth weeping, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Blessed are you that sow beside all waters, that send forth freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.
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.
The wicked works a deceitful work: but to him that sows righteousness shall be a sure reward.
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.
Topics on Sowing
Not Sowing
Jeremiah 35:7Neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land where you are sojourners.
Parables Of Sowing
Matthew 13:3-8And he spoke many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
Sowing And Reaping
Leviticus 19:23-25And when you shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then you shall count the fruit thereof as unclean: three years shall it be as unclean unto you: it shall not be eaten of.
Sowing Good
Hosea 10:12Sow 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.
Sowing In Vain
Leviticus 26:16I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning fever, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Sowing Seeds
Matthew 13:4And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them up: